raspberry pi camera module script

My Raspberry pi camera module script

Scenario:

Raspberry pi B

Camera Module

Wifi Dongle

Goal:

Stream the video from raspberry pi Camera module nonstop in local network even after a reboot of the raspberry pi.

Camera module setup Wifi dongle setup Official V4L2 driver setup Installed VLC sudo apt-get install vlc Created script to lunch streaming combined V4L2 + cvlc sudo nano myscript.sh

#!/bin/bashsudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2cvlc v4l2:///dev/video0 –v4l2-width 1920 –v4l2-height 1080 –v4l2-chroma h264 –sout ‘#standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst=0.0.0.0:50000}’

sudo chmod +x myscript.sh Installed screen – creates a hidden terminal session sudo apt-get install screen Adding the script to crontab so by booting / rebooting the script is lunched crontab -e @reboot /usr/bin/screen -S test -d -m /bin/bash /scripts/myscript.sh & Access the stream via VLC by using the IP address of the raspberry pi for example: http://192.168.1.101:50000 Enjoy the stream







