When connecting through VNC

[andyross34]

Hello i recently set up my Raspberry pi to connect through VNC to allow me to control it without plugging everything in, when i try to take a picture through VNC it wont allow me to preview it like it does when i use the same line in the command when im connected to it directly, is there a way to enable it or is there an alternative to do this ?

I'm using the standard code : Raspistill -o test.jpg -t 10000

Thanks,

Andy

[ghans]

The preview uses HW acceleration which doesn't work over VNC.

You could try this instead :

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sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install guvcview
guvcview

ghans

EDIT: typo corrected

[B.Goode]

gucview?

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pi@raspberrypi ~ $ apt-cache search gucview
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install gucview -s
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package gucview
pi@raspberrypi ~ $

[ghans]

Oops. Thanks , of course the program is named guvcview not gucview.

ghans