I found this to be my solution. https://youtu.be/LlXx9yVfQ0k
Again, as above, the solution is a modification to /boot/config.txt
Search found 6 matches
- Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:08 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: vnc viewer shows a small screen
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20680
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:50 pm
- Forum: Troubleshooting
- Topic: Motion image is too bright
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3272
Re: Motion image is too bright
Thanks for this. Mine was doing the same thing. I thought it was the driver. I had mine set at 1280x960 (because we all want the highest res possible right?). I changed it to 1024x640 and it seemed to work.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:33 am
- Forum: Camera board
- Topic: MMAL vs V4L2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7916
Re: MMAL vs V4L2
Thanks. That's useful info - not only for me but other forum users.
- Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:52 pm
- Forum: Camera board
- Topic: MMAL vs V4L2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7916
MMAL vs V4L2
I am experimenting with a Raspberry Pi camera model V2. I am using motion with the v4l2 driver (I installed motion from the standard repositories, not from Github). I notice that the camera has a lot of problems with low light and bright (outdoors) conditions. I have tried enabling auto brightness i...
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 6:07 pm
- Forum: Camera board
- Topic: Unable to Open Video Device (Motion)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14184
Re: Unable to Open Video Device (Motion)
Thanks so much. It was that problem. After checking this I found that I had "bcm2835-v412" listed in /etc/modules instead of "bcm2835-v4l2". After changing this typo it works now.
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:18 am
- Forum: Camera board
- Topic: Unable to Open Video Device (Motion)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14184
Unable to Open Video Device (Motion)
I am running Raspbian Stretch on my RPi 3. I installed motion from the standard repos. I am using the Raspberry Pi Camera v2. I start motion and get the grey screen with the embedded text "Unable to open video device since" and the time the motion service was started. The camera works fine...