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<\/p>\nIn this post we’re going to show you how you can do video streaming with a Raspberry Pi and a Raspberry Pi Camera – how to stream live video into a web page that you can access in any device that has a browser and is connected to the same network the Pi is. This is useful to apply to a home surveillance camera, for example.<\/p>\n
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If you’re using the Raspberry Pi Camera Module<\/a>, you need to enable the camera software in your Raspberry Pi in order to use it. In the Desktop environment, go to the Raspberry Pi Configuration<\/strong>\u00a0window under the Preferences<\/strong> menu, open the Interfaces<\/strong> tab and enable the Camera<\/strong> as shown in figure below.<\/p>\n Or, in the Terminal<\/strong> window, type the following command:<\/p>\n You should see the Raspberry Pi software configuration tool. Select the Interfacing Options<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Enable the camera and reboot your Pi:<\/p>\n To access your video streaming web server, you need to know your Raspberry Pi IP address. For that, use the following command:<\/p>\n You’ll be given a bunch of information, including your Raspberry Pi IP address. In my case, the RPi IP address is 192.168.1.112<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Connecting the Raspberry Pi Camera Module is easy. With the Pi shutdown, connect the camera to the Pi CSI port as shown in the following figure. Make sure the camera is connected in the right orientation with the ribbon blue letters facing up as shown in the next figure.<\/p>\n The script for video streaming is shown below. You can find this script at the official PiCamera package documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Create a new file called\u00a0rpi_camera_surveillance_system.py<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Copy the following code to your newly created file:<\/p>\n View raw code<\/a><\/p>\n To save your file press Ctrl+X, type Y and Enter.<\/p>\n After writing the scrip, you can run it using Python 3. Run the next command:<\/p>\n Once the script is running, you can access your video streaming web server at: http:\/\/<Your_Pi_IP_Address><\/span><\/strong>:8000. Replace with your own Raspberry Pi IP address, in my case http:\/\/192.168.1.112:8000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You can access the video streaming through any device that has a browser and is connected to the same network that your Pi.<\/p>\n You can use your Pi to monitor your home as a surveillance camera:<\/p>\n I hope this project was useful! You could easily upgrade this home surveillance device to record video or notify you when motion is detected.<\/p>\n We also have a project on how to build a complete CCTV system with the Raspberry Pi using MotionEyeOS<\/a>. Feel free to take a look.<\/p>\n Like home automation? Learn more about Node-RED, Raspberry Pi, ESP8266 and Arduino\u00a0with\u00a0my course:\u00a0Build a Home Automation System for $100<\/a>.<\/p>\n Do you have any questions?\u00a0<\/strong>Leave a comment down below!<\/strong><\/p>\n Thanks for reading. If you like this post probably you might like my next ones, so please support me by\u00a0subscribing my blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this post we’re going to show you how you can do video streaming with a Raspberry Pi and a Raspberry Pi Camera – how to stream live video into … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/randomnerdtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Figure-13-3.png?resize=508%2C429&quality=100&strip=all&ssl=1\")
<\/p>\npi@raspberry:~ $ sudo raspi-config<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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<\/p>\nFind the Raspberry Pi IP address<\/h2>\n
pi@raspberry:~ $ ifconfig<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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<\/p>\nConnect the camera<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nWriting the script<\/h2>\n
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ nano rpi_camera_surveillance_system.py<\/strong><\/pre>\n
# Web streaming example\n# Source code from the official PiCamera package\n# http:\/\/picamera.readthedocs.io\/en\/latest\/recipes2.html#web-streaming\n\nimport io\nimport picamera\nimport logging\nimport socketserver\nfrom threading import Condition\nfrom http import server\n\nPAGE="""\\\n<html>\n<head>\n<title>Raspberry Pi - Surveillance Camera<\/title>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n<center><h1>Raspberry Pi - Surveillance Camera<\/h1><\/center>\n<center><img src="stream.mjpg" width="640" height="480"><\/center>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n"""\n\nclass StreamingOutput(object):\n def __init__(self):\n self.frame = None\n self.buffer = io.BytesIO()\n self.condition = Condition()\n\n def write(self, buf):\n if buf.startswith(b'\\xff\\xd8'):\n # New frame, copy the existing buffer's content and notify all\n # clients it's available\n self.buffer.truncate()\n with self.condition:\n self.frame = self.buffer.getvalue()\n self.condition.notify_all()\n self.buffer.seek(0)\n return self.buffer.write(buf)\n\nclass StreamingHandler(server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):\n def do_GET(self):\n if self.path == '\/':\n self.send_response(301)\n self.send_header('Location', '\/index.html')\n self.end_headers()\n elif self.path == '\/index.html':\n content = PAGE.encode('utf-8')\n self.send_response(200)\n self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text\/html')\n self.send_header('Content-Length', len(content))\n self.end_headers()\n self.wfile.write(content)\n elif self.path == '\/stream.mjpg':\n self.send_response(200)\n self.send_header('Age', 0)\n self.send_header('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, private')\n self.send_header('Pragma', 'no-cache')\n self.send_header('Content-Type', 'multipart\/x-mixed-replace; boundary=FRAME')\n self.end_headers()\n try:\n while True:\n with output.condition:\n output.condition.wait()\n frame = output.frame\n self.wfile.write(b'--FRAME\\r\\n')\n self.send_header('Content-Type', 'image\/jpeg')\n self.send_header('Content-Length', len(frame))\n self.end_headers()\n self.wfile.write(frame)\n self.wfile.write(b'\\r\\n')\n except Exception as e:\n logging.warning(\n 'Removed streaming client %s: %s',\n self.client_address, str(e))\n else:\n self.send_error(404)\n self.end_headers()\n\nclass StreamingServer(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, server.HTTPServer):\n allow_reuse_address = True\n daemon_threads = True\n\nwith picamera.PiCamera(resolution='640x480', framerate=24) as camera:\n output = StreamingOutput()\n #Uncomment the next line to change your Pi's Camera rotation (in degrees)\n #camera.rotation = 90\n camera.start_recording(output, format='mjpeg')\n try:\n address = ('', 8000)\n server = StreamingServer(address, StreamingHandler)\n server.serve_forever()\n finally:\n camera.stop_recording()\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\tAccessing the video streaming<\/h2>\n
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ python3 rpi_camera_surveillance_system.py<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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<\/p>\nWrapping up<\/h2>\n