Core 1 Camera and other issues…
I finally got the camera delivered and put in the Core 1. It shows a single frame every 10 seconds or so. Is that intentional??? I wasn’t expecting 4K or anything but damn, a single frame every 10 seconds?? Or is something wrong with my camera? I just can’t believe a camera this big, in 2025, would only send intermittent frames.
another issue, my PEI smooth sheet bubbled and delaminated in some spots on the very first print. Bed temp was 80, anybody else have issues with that?
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Camwra every 10s - this is normal, because Prusa Connect does not accept image uploads faster than that.
Small bubbles (1mm) on the PEI sheet are normal, they should recover ober time if you heat the bed. The problem may be that you used PETG and it fused too hard with the bed that it started to delaminate? Generally do not print PETG on smooth PEI sheet. See material compatibility https://help.prusa3d.com/filament-material-guide
See my GitHub and printables.com for some 3d stuff that you may like.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
Out of the box, the camera is very basic. At the bottom of the CoreOne Buddy CAM ordering page is an outline of enhancements scheduled for the rest of the year. Q2 is almost done... Will see.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
Out of the box, the camera is very basic. At the bottom of the CoreOne Buddy CAM ordering page is an outline of enhancements scheduled for the rest of the year. Q2 is almost done... Will see.
It's best put back into the box, returned to Prusa, and potentially reordered if and when it becomes actually useful. 😕
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
We finally have an update ! v3.1.0
We have colour at last, was hoping for a half decent live stream, maybe we just don't know how to view it yet.
I checked on Prusalink, and in Prusa Connect through Prusaslicer and it's the same refresh rate (if you can even call it that) as it has been previously....as I said though, maybe we have to view it through a browser on some endpoint they haven't told us about yet.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
Looks good boys, we should finally be getting what we've wanted in the next few days.
https://prusaconnect.sleekplan.app/changelog
Just hope there's also a way to get the live stream through a browser , and ideally pipe into ffmpeg.
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RTSP is working...and its beautiful 😍
Its only 720p but its better than what we had.
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It looks good, but I mostly need live view in app when I'm not home, so it's kinda disappointing haha.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
It looks good, but I mostly need live view in app when I'm not home, so it's kinda disappointing haha.
Works good remotely via VPN, I just tested it.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
Works good remotely via VPN, I just tested it.
Through Prusa App?
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Yeah works fine, I setup Wireshark server docker image on my Pi5 about a year ago as my brother lives in the states and wanted iPlayer etc, I only put Wireshark client on my phone to test if it worked and completely forgot about it. Then when I saw your message I thought ‘no harm in trying it’ and it works perfectly .
Little bit delayed, maybe 2 or 3 seconds, but thats no issue when I’m and about…and that was through 4g so it’s quite respectable really, refresh rate is as good as when I’m viewing it locally.
Only issue with the Prusa app for me is no landscape mode/full screen video when I rotate my phone, but I'm sure thats something they’ll add eventually. In VLC via rtsp it works great.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
Yeah works fine, I setup Wireshark server docker image on my Pi5 about a year ago as my brother lives in the states and wanted iPlayer etc, I only put Wireshark client on my phone to test if it worked and completely forgot about it. Then when I saw your message I thought ‘no harm in trying it’ and it works perfectly .
Little bit delayed, maybe 2 or 3 seconds, but thats no issue when I’m and about…and that was through 4g so it’s quite respectable really, refresh rate is as good as when I’m viewing it locally.
Only issue with the Prusa app for me is no landscape mode/full screen video when I rotate my phone, but I'm sure thats something they’ll add eventually. In VLC via rtsp it works great.
Hahaha I'm not sure I understood everything you wrote! You created a server on a Raspberry 5 and connected it to your CORE One?
I don't know much about domotic/server/VPN stuff, I absolutely don't know how to do it. And "VLC via rtsp"? What is that haha??
You don't have to explain here, I guess I should serach online for a tuto or something.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
It’s no problem mate, really pretty simple. Basically the VPN server allows me to basically appear on my home network from anywhere in the world. No need to connect the Core One to anything (except the normal Ethernet/wifi connection), so if I’m out and about, I can just turn the VPN on my iPhone on, and the Prusa app ‘thinks’ I’m on my home network, so I get proper live stream from the camera (not that 1 frame very 2 minutes nonsense)
I use docker because it makes everything so simple…the entire VPN server is up and running with basically one line of code, thats it. My Pi5 runs 24/7 anyway.
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When you’re on your local network, you can use VLC player, or Kodi , or virtually any media player to watch the core one camera through rtsp.
you basically just use the url rtsp://yourcameraipaddress/live and you can view the live stream on your nice big telly. It’s only 720p and pretty low bitrate, but it’s still pretty cool…you have to enable rtsp streaming through the Prusa app initially, it’s in the camera settings.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
It’s no problem mate, really pretty simple. Basically the VPN server allows me to basically appear on my home network from anywhere in the world. No need to connect the Core One to anything (except the normal Ethernet/wifi connection), so if I’m out and about, I can just turn the VPN on my iPhone on, and the Prusa app ‘thinks’ I’m on my home network, so I get proper live stream from the camera (not that 1 frame very 2 minutes nonsense)
I use docker because it makes everything so simple…the entire VPN server is up and running with basically one line of code, thats it. My Pi5 runs 24/7 anyway.
Is there any Tito on how installing VPN server on a Raspberry? I have a Pi4 that could do the job I think.
On the iPhone how do you activate VPN? You need an app?
Thanks for you’re help! 🙂
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Haha, in the last few posts every time Ive mentioned Wireshark Ive meant Wireguard lol. Completely different software that does completely different things.
Anyway, Pi4 should be fine…best way is to start from a fresh PiOS image, then just follow this guide:
https://pimylifeup.com/wireguard-docker/
walks you through first setting up docker, then Wireguard.
On your phone just get the official Wireguard app, on iOS it’s in the AppStore.
When you set up a client on the Pi, it’ll show you a QR code in the webui…then open the Wireguard app on your phone, first run it’ll prompt you to add a client, select via QR code and point the camera at the QR code on the screen and thats it, all the config it needs is in the QR code…it’s pretty wild how simple it is nowadays.
This probably sounds a bit daunting but just follow the guide, it walks you through the lot. If you get stuck just give me a shout mate.
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One last thing, if you get it all done and it won’t connect, I would bet £100 you need to open a port on your router…some routers will already have the port open, some you have to do it manually. It’s easy to do but only worry about that if/when you need to.
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very interesting... I think my camera has the latest firmware but I see it in black and white still... Yes the app is up to date, and I was able to see the camera in colour, when I close the app, the camera shows black and white again. I tried removing the camera, re pairing it, and yes it is color again until I reset/close the app, then it is black and white again. I also do not get live streaming while at home, only the 10 second refresh....
what am I doing wrong? The firmware and the cam integration still needs work imho, not very intuitive. The updates are welcome but feels like too much work to debug it unless I am completely missing something.
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very interesting... I think my camera has the latest firmware but I see it in black and white still... Yes the app is up to date, and I was able to see the camera in colour, when I close the app, the camera shows black and white again. I tried removing the camera, re pairing it, and yes it is color again until I reset/close the app, then it is black and white again. I also do not get live streaming while at home, only the 10 second refresh....
what am I doing wrong? The firmware and the cam integration still needs work imho, not very intuitive. The updates are welcome but feels like too much work to debug it unless I am completely missing something.
Weird, the gear icon/setting is now showing options i did not have before (even after the update)... so I guess that answers my question.
RE: Core 1 Camera and other issues…
very interesting... I think my camera has the latest firmware but I see it in black and white still... Yes the app is up to date, and I was able to see the camera in colour, when I close the app, the camera shows black and white again. I tried removing the camera, re pairing it, and yes it is color again until I reset/close the app, then it is black and white again. I also do not get live streaming while at home, only the 10 second refresh....
what am I doing wrong? The firmware and the cam integration still needs work imho, not very intuitive. The updates are welcome but feels like too much work to debug it unless I am completely missing something.
Weird, the gear icon/setting is now showing options i did not have before (even after the update)... so I guess that answers my question.
The Prusa App needed to update to show the new/extra features/functions.
I guess thats happened now.