RPi Cam Web Interface

[oldjake]

Thanks for the reply. I have been variously refreshing or going out of the page and back in again.

I kicked off another one after I reduced the image resolution. So my image res is 600 x 900. The preview says 121kb (104). The video bit still says 'Busy". I started the conversion at 11.39 which is just about 3 hours ago.

[oldjake]

Oh, this is what's in the "Convert using" box:

/usr/bin/ffmpeg -f image2 -i i_%05d.jpg

[btidey]

Oh, this is what's in the "Convert using" box:

/usr/bin/ffmpeg -f image2 -i i_%05d.jpg

Are you running latest version? There was a fix for the time lapse command put in last week.

If the time lapse command fails then the file will say Busy as the lack of a .mp4 file is what triggers that. The log should say what command was used to do the convert.

[Gary Littlemore]

Robert

I had videos that were locked and I had a day of videos today that all had busy against them so I deleted all, the videos that were locked have also deleted.

[btidey]

Robert

I had videos that were locked and I had a day of videos today that all had busy against them so I deleted all, the videos that were locked have also deleted.

Yes. I can confirm that happens. Strange as the files are set to read only.

Under investigation.

[btidey]

Robert

I had videos that were locked and I had a day of videos today that all had busy against them so I deleted all, the videos that were locked have also deleted.

Yes. I can confirm that happens. Strange as the files are set to read only.

Under investigation.

It looks like the php unlink used in the delete all is not respecting the read only flag.

I'm checking further but I have put in an extra check to prevent this which seems to work in the latest version.

Edit: I understand this now, The erase permissions that unlink is using are at the folder not file level.
The fix put in is effective.

[smxsmxsmx]

How would I go about using RPi-Cam-Web-Interface over local wifi access point / connecting with phone to wifi of raspberry pi without going over router?

[btidey]

How would I go about using RPi-Cam-Web-Interface over local wifi access point / connecting with phone to wifi of raspberry pi without going over router?

If you set the raspberry Pi up as an AP (access point) then it behaves like a wifi router. You can then scan wifi on your phone and connect to the raspberry pi hosted network. The Cam-Web interface will then be accessible from the phone.

There are various tutorials on setting the Pi as an AP. E.g.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... s-point.md

[Kaushik]

Camera preview freeze issue:
Hi, I have a set up that works perfectly most of the time. However, every 3 or 4 days. The preview freezes. I want to know why and how to avoid it?

The cam.jpg stops getting updated. I understand, when that happens, the child raspimjpeg should kill itself and the parent will spawn a new child.
However, that isn't happening : htop shows two raspimjpeg processes and they are sleeping. The TIME+ column has 10h51:15 for the child raspimjpeg.
Why didn't the expected behavior happen. Is there anything I can look for?

[ruder]

Hello, everyone, I am facing big problem while installing Rpi cam web interface on Raspbian strech lite.

After cloning from Git. I install it using chmod u+x ...

but later i get this error , every time when i try to use sudo .

"sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set"

Any solution plz help me, btidey.

[Gary Littlemore]

Hello, everyone, I am facing big problem while installing Rpi cam web interface on Raspbian strech lite.

After cloning from Git. I install it using chmod u+x ...

but later i get this error , every time when i try to use sudo .

"sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set"

Any solution plz help me, btidey.

The wiki says the chmod was only for older versions, just go with the following:

git clone https://github.com/silvanmelchior/RPi_C ... erface.git
cd RPi_Cam_Web_Interface
./install.sh

[ruder]

Ok thanks

[ruder]

[Gary Littlemore]

I’ve got wrongly reported video length times in library, but look at the times between the clips roughly 10 seconds clips.

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[smxsmxsmx]

How would I go about using RPi-Cam-Web-Interface over local wifi access point / connecting with phone to wifi of raspberry pi without going over router?

If you set the raspberry Pi up as an AP (access point) then it behaves like a wifi router. You can then scan wifi on your phone and connect to the raspberry pi hosted network. The Cam-Web interface will then be accessible from the phone.

There are various tutorials on setting the Pi as an AP. E.g.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... s-point.md

Thank you! I did that, but now the service doesn't autostart anymore and the buttons to capture video, photo do not work anymore. Why could that be?

[smxsmxsmx]

How would I go about using RPi-Cam-Web-Interface over local wifi access point / connecting with phone to wifi of raspberry pi without going over router?

If you set the raspberry Pi up as an AP (access point) then it behaves like a wifi router. You can then scan wifi on your phone and connect to the raspberry pi hosted network. The Cam-Web interface will then be accessible from the phone.

There are various tutorials on setting the Pi as an AP. E.g.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... s-point.md

Thank you! I did that, but now the service doesn't autostart anymore and the buttons to capture video, photo do not work anymore. Why could that be?

RPi-Cam-Web-Interface now autostarts but where the camera preview would be is a broken image icon that keeps flashing. Buttons still don't work.

[Gary Littlemore]

I’ve got wrongly reported video length times in library, but look at the times between the clips roughly 10 seconds clips.

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[wpballa1]

Bob,
I can't quite prove it yet, but I suspect that the purge based on % of disk space left is not working properly. My disk seems to fill up and then the program locks up instead of deleting old videos. If I can get in on time and delete them manually, all is fine, but the automatic purge doesn't seem to be working.
Thanks for any help or advice.
Bill Ballard

[Gary Littlemore]

Bob,
I can't quite prove it yet, but I suspect that the purge based on % of disk space left is not working properly. My disk seems to fill up and then the program locks up instead of deleting old videos. If I can get in on time and delete them manually, all is fine, but the automatic purge doesn't seem to be working.
Thanks for any help or advice.
Bill Ballard

I’ve found mine gets to around 60% and every montion dectection after that locks up and stays as the status ‘busy’.

[wpballa1]

Yes, that sounds like the problem. I will try using Max Space in GB and see if that works. I had to rebuild the entire system it locked up so badly this time. Fortunately, that doesn't take too long.

[Gary Littlemore]

Yes, that sounds like the problem. I will try using Max Space in GB and see if that works. I had to rebuild the entire system it locked up so badly this time. Fortunately, that doesn't take too long.

I’m currently on ‘local:52.5% Total:60052(MB)’ so I’d think it’ll hit 60% at some point tomorrow so I’ll see how I get on.

[Gary Littlemore]

Yes, that sounds like the problem. I will try using Max Space in GB and see if that works. I had to rebuild the entire system it locked up so badly this time. Fortunately, that doesn't take too long.

I’m currently on ‘local:52.5% Total:60052(MB)’ so I’d think it’ll hit 60% at some point tomorrow so I’ll see how I get on.

I’m currently on ‘local:74% Total:60052(MB)’ no issues yet.

[wpballa1]

Well, I got to about the limit in GB that I requested, and then it just stopped recording videos rather than purging any.

[Gary Littlemore]

Well, I got to about the limit in GB that I requested, and then it just stopped recording videos rather than purging any.

I’m now on local:82% Total:60052(MB), 85% is my limit where it should start deleting files.

[demballs]

Hi,

I've ended up here after lots of searching and have a few questions about whether this tool will meet my requirements.

What I'm after really is (at least) a 720 height, 30fps live video server that applications like OBS Studio can read and include in recordings / streams.

I've read a lot about the preview feed - would that be configurable to that kind of resolution? It would be included in videos / streams that are designed to be watched for entertainment rather than security / surveillance. I'm pretty certain I can connect OBS Studio to that feed, given that it's mjpeg.

I have a few Raspberry Pi Bs hanging around - is it worth me picking up a camera? Can I achieve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.