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My camera isn’t working
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motionEyeOS Version
I am running motionEyeOS version: 20201026.
Board Model
I am using the following board/model: 4B 1 gb.
Camera
I am using the following type of camera: MMAL.
My camera model is: Pi cam v2.
Network Connection
My motionEyeOS unit is connected to the network via: WiFi.
Peripherals
I am using the following peripherals that I consider relevant to this issue:
none
So good day to you all I’m having trouble with setting up my camera on motioneye. Whenever I try it just gives an unknown error and recommends to refresh
A CSI (ribbon cable connected) camera should be auto detected. If you connect via ssh or use the monitor/keyboard console, and run the command:
[root@meye-4cec78b8 ~]# vcgencmd get_camera
You should get:
supported=1 detected=1
If not, then there could be several issues: bad ribbon cable ribbon cable not connected correctly (wrong direction at one end or the other) bad camera
You can double check by installing RaspberryPiOS Buster (Legacy) and running that command there, or running any number of camera apps to see if it works there.
I tried the command multiple times but it always said supported=0 detected=0, libcamera interfaces=0. When I used the command on rpios the newest one it worked and so did libcam. I read almost every camera related issue on this forum but I could not find a way to solve it
Another set of test commands to run:
cd /data/output service motioneye stop raspistill -o output.jpg
It should come back to the prompt without an error, and if you list the directory, you should see the file 'output.jpg' you can restart the services with:
service motioneye start
So this is the response from the raspi mmal: Cannot read camera info, keeping the defaults for OV5647 mmal: mmal_vc_component_create: failed to create component 'vc.ril.camera' (1:ENOMEM) mmal: mmal_component_create_core: could not create component 'vc.ril.camera' (1) mmal: Failed to create camera component mmal: main: Failed to create camera component mmal: Camera is not enabled in this build. Try running "sudo raspi-config" and ensure that "camera" has been enabled
libcam is the Bullseye replacement. motioneyeOS is written with buster and python 2.7. Need to test with the Legacy image.
So this is the response from the raspi mmal: Cannot read camera info, keeping the defaults for OV5647 mmal: mmal_vc_component_create: failed to create component 'vc.ril.camera' (1:ENOMEM) mmal: mmal_component_create_core: could not create component 'vc.ril.camera' (1) mmal: Failed to create camera component mmal: main: Failed to create camera component mmal: Camera is not enabled in this build. Try running "sudo raspi-config" and ensure that "camera" has been enabled
Where do you get this error? In motionEyeOS dev20201026 or RasberryPiOS? Which version of RPiOS if using that?
Try re-imaging the SDCard, or use a different SDCard. You shouldn't be getting the error:
mmal: Camera is not enabled in this build. Try running "sudo raspi-config" and ensure that "camera" has been enabled
as that function is already enabled and raspi-config isn't installed in the image.
I tried re-imaging the SDCard atleast 5 times to make it work and not once did it work
Have you tried the https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_oldstable_armhf/images/raspios_oldstable_armhf-2023-05-03/2023-05-03-raspios-buster-armhf.img.xz image? (enable camera in raspi-config, then test with the raspistill -o output.jpg command)
Yes. .org is the 'educational' wing, and .com is the software (OS) and hardware side...
re-download motioneyeOS from here: https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneyeos/releases/download/nightly-dev/motioneyeos-raspberrypi4-dev20201026.img.xz and try again. Be sure NOT to use raspi-imager, use Etcher or Win32DiskImager...
re-download motioneyeOS from here: https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneyeos/releases/download/nightly-dev/motioneyeos-raspberrypi4-dev20201026.img.xz and try again. Be sure NOT to use raspi-imager, use Etcher or Win32DiskImager...
wait i use the raspi imager sorry
You can't 'add' it, it should be auto-found and auto set up at startup. raspi-imager breaks the SDCard, especially if you have your wifi pre-set in it. If you don't have ethernet at least for the first boot, you need to copy the wpa_supplicant.conf file to the /boot (first) partition before forst boot.
So I used the image burner that comes with my linux distro and it still doesn't work
Your setup may be one of the few that I can't figure out. I have a v2 PiCam on a Pi4 4GB and 8GB, that is working fine. Works on a PiZeroW, Pi3B+ and others, too, all using dev20201026. I don't know. Might be a modified/updated camera that wasn't supported in the kernel from 2020.
I don't know. I downloaded the dev20201026 image I copied it to a 16GB SDCard using Win32DiskImager I copied wpa_supplicant.conf to the first partition (/boot) I ejected it and inserted into a Pi4 4GB with an attached PiCam V2 I booted, watched it set itself up and reboot I went to the WebGUI interfaca as 'admin' and the camer was showing. I tested with the PiZero image and PiCam V2, ssame process, same result. Used dd command to image another SDCard with the same image for the Pi4 in Debian Linux (Bullseye) same process, same result.
Wait I’m not that sure of one thing could the problem be with my limited ram
Which Pi4 do you have? 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB? Considering it runs on a PiZero (which only has 512 MB, and the Pi1s with also 512MB, RAM is not usually a limitation.