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berthold.h
(@berthold-h)
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Octopi webcam setup

Hi,
I am a little bit at a loss about how to setup my webcam for octoprint.
I have a Raspberry Pi2 connected via the USB port and it connects fine, but I am in doubt whether I need to install anything particular (drivers etc.) at the system level, or whether the webcam setup should be done from within Octoprint.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Berthold

Posted : 04/08/2018 8:59 pm
Peter in Katy
(@peter-in-katy)
Estimable Member
Re: Octopi webcam setup

It's actually quite plug and play, if you by a USB camera known to work with the RPi.
I started with the raspberry pi camera, but couldn't find a satisfactory cable routing for the ribbon cable. My RPi is mounted above the Einsy box.

When I stuck the printer in a LACK enclosure,I went with a Logitech C270.
Reboot, and the pi just sees it. Octoprint Timelapse just worked. I added the Octolapse plugin. Again, a quick setup on the plugin tab, and all was well.

Another cool plugin is the Timelapse Dropbox auto upload. It takes your mp4s and automagically uploads them to Dropbox.

Posted : 05/08/2018 2:40 pm
berthold.h
(@berthold-h)
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Topic starter answered:
Re: Octopi webcam setup


It's actually quite plug and play, if you by a USB camera known to work with the RPi.
I started with the raspberry pi camera, but couldn't find a satisfactory cable routing for the ribbon cable. My RPi is mounted above the Einsy box.

When I stuck the printer in a LACK enclosure,I went with a Logitech C270.
Reboot, and the pi just sees it. Octoprint Timelapse just worked. I added the Octolapse plugin. Again, a quick setup on the plugin tab, and all was well.

Another cool plugin is the Timelapse Dropbox auto upload. It takes your mp4s and automagically uploads them to Dropbox.

Hi,
I am using an old Logitech Orbit Sphere camera. I got it to connect to octoprint, but this camera has to be oriented via the internal servos and octoprint does not seem to have any controls to control a webcam.

So, I want to try to view the camera not from within octoprint but rather through Tinycam monitor on my Android phone.
Tinycam monitor allows for controlling a Linux camera via MJPG Streamer, but I don't get it to connect to the camera. Is octoprint using MJPG streamer as a webcam engine and is it installed on the underlying Linux system?

Thanks!

Posted : 05/08/2018 3:14 pm
thrawn86
(@thrawn86)
Honorable Member
Re: Octopi webcam setup


Is octoprint using MJPG streamer as a webcam engine and is it installed on the underlying Linux system?

Thanks!

some more information on mjpg-streamer controls in octoprint here: https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/8e7g4x/adjusting_focus_in_octoprint/

The controls never pop up on the 8080 test page for me, however running the v412-ctl -c commands via terminal works fine on my c920.

Posted : 13/08/2018 4:21 pm
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