The Raspberry Pi is one of those little computers that everyone, from hobbyists to technicians use. Because of its small form factor, strong CPU and low consumption capability, it can be used for any function and in any place.
In this instructional guide, I shall elucidate the methodology for establishing an IP camera solution utilizing the Raspberry Pi, enabling real-time video streaming and remote accessibility through mobile devices, laptops, or other compatible devices from any geographical location.
Instructions
Step 1
Sourcing for your Raspberry Pi from Here. Boot any OS for raspberry pi on a micro SD card by downloading and installing any OS on the card. Take your micro SD card and put it in the Pi that you have, then switch on the machine.
Set a password for user pi
sudo passwd pi
sudo apt update
Step 2
Acquire a compatible camera module for your Raspberry Pi. Then, establish a connection between the camera and the Raspberry Pi, enabling the device to capture and process visual data.
Run raspi config and enable camera module
sudo raspi-config
Note: Some distros doesn’t have raspi-config pre installed.
Verify the camera module’s connectivity by inspecting the directory /dev/ for the presence of ‘videoX’, indicating successful detection by the Raspberry Pi.
If it is not there, run
sudo raspi-update
Then restart the pi and run
sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2
Step 3
Now you can install motion by using the command.
sudo apt install motion
Now its time to edit configuration file
Now, open the configurations file in the motion directory in etc directory which is /etc/motion/motion. conf using a text editor.
sudo nano /etc/motion/motion.conf
Edit the following lines.
- daemon on
- stream_localhost off
- stream_maxrate 50
- framerate 50
- width 640
- height 480
Now open the daemon file
sudo nano /etc/default/motion
start_motion_daemon=yes
Now start the daemon by running the command
sudo service motion start
Simply access a web browser on any network-connected device and key in the Raspberry Pi’s IP address followed by port 8081. For instance, use the URL structure: http://IP address:8081.
You are now live streaming from the camera.
