Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
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Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#2It's a neat project, but doesn't having to connect my computer to the zero's wifi-hotspot mean I can't actually use my own network since I would not be routing my connection through a zero. That would then make this kind of device kind of useless unless I have a dedicated device to watch the stream from? Or am I missing something?
Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#3IP cameras need their Linksys moment. The hardware has advanced immensely but the software is terrible.
Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#4How do I create this from a stock Raspbian install?
Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#5IP cameras need their Linksys moment. The hardware has advanced immensely but the software is terrible.
I highly reccomend Motion, check it out if you haven't. I've ripped out and replaced subpar proprietary vendor crap with it. (keep the cameras depending on model, ditch the included DVR systems)
Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#6I believe you can do almost the same by just running a vlc command in the pi[1]. A complete disk image might be a bit overkill.
[1] https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/23182/how-to...
Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#7I've been using https://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-Interface. It has an interesting motion detection and record function.
Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#8I've been using https://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-Interface . It has an interesting motion detection and record function.
It does have a lot more functionality, but it doesn't support USB cameras. It only works with the Raspberry PI camera.
Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#9It's a neat project, but doesn't having to connect my computer to the zero's wifi-hotspot mean I can't actually use my own network since I would not be routing my connection through a zero. That would then make this kind of device kind of useless unless I have a dedicated device to watch the stream from? Or am I missing something?
This is the biggest issue I have, too.
Motion[1] has a lot less resolution and it's video is not good. But, at least, I can access the video stream through http. That makes an huge difference when implementing a solution. For non-tech users you can just stick the camera's streaming webpage to a phone home screen and give instant access to the video stream.
Re: Piipcam – 1080P IP Camera on a Raspberry Pi Zero W
#10I believe you can do almost the same by just running a vlc command in the pi[1]. A complete disk image might be a bit overkill. [1] https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/23182/how-to...
You can, but that solution uses a Raspberry Pi camera, not an USB one. They have completely different hardware interfaces.