Beginner Tutorial: How to Stream Video from Raspberry Pi Camera to Local Computer using Python (P1) 

Glad it helped! Yeah unfortunately there is a tradeoff between going into detail and people's attention spans haha, so I am very glad I am in the goldilocks zone for this one :)

Hey thank alot I appreciate it :) yeah cameras are cool

You bet!

Thank you again pal! Hope you subscribe :)

Hey buddy never used that module not sure, to be honest. Goodluck mate :)

PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"

I have another video where I utilized a USB camera, go ahead and watch that. Hopefully, it works for you. Don't forget to subscribe that's all I ask ;)

@@mmshilleh Don't worry, I subscribed after this video! I've seen that one, and it helped me substantially! Thank you again for these! Do you know of any other packages except for OpenCV that have this video capture functionality? I'm trying to package all dependencies for this little test application I'm making into itself so that I don't have to install separate packages while I'm installing the application I'm crafting

@@OverAndOverAndOver Honestly you could probably use some native python packages to save the image but it would be more complicated and you would have to get crafty on the bytes level. Python's standard library doesn't provide built-in functionality for capturing video from cameras hence why opencv makes it super easy to do so in one line of code

Hard to debug that without specifics my friend

Sorry to hear that, yeah there are so many cameras and OS's and potential issues that can go wrong here. I leave it up to the viewer to debug any edge cases to be frank

Great question PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)" Hope you subscribe ;)

I have another video on that, can you try it?

I would have to check for you buddy, I havent played with that camera in a couple weeks! Never used that library. I am gonna make a part 3 soon so hopefully I remind myself to look into this question. I will add a note ;)

Awesome, looking forward to part three! Maybe streaming by using the picamera2 library is interesting for the community. The picamera library seems not to be supported anymore for latest OS - at least that is my understanding as a beginner… but please correct me :)

@@mmshilleh @danielg1165 Cant wait to get this running on picamera2 with wide noir

Not sure will need to check sometime, I am on vacation :(

@@mmshilleh any news on what os u using great guy?

Very weird no idea here, that should not happen if you are using the same code... sorry fam

Thank you, I appreciate it. Maybe some browser/firewall settings. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Idk, hard to tell

That is a solid idea. First thought to me is I am wondering how much power it consumes

Sorry to hear about the trouble with Bookworm. Here are a few suggestions: Check Python & pip Versions: Use python3 --version and pip3 --version to ensure you're using the correct versions. Debian Bookworm might have updated defaults. Install/Update pip: If pip isn't working, try sudo apt-get install python3-pip to install or update pip for Python 3. Use a Virtual Environment: This can help manage dependencies. Create one with python3 -m venv myenv and activate it using source myenv/bin/activate. Install Missing Modules: Ensure all required modules are installed within the environment, e.g., pip install numpy for the numpy module. Permissions & $PATH: Check your permissions and ensure your $PATH includes Python and pip locations. Sometimes sudo or adjusting $PATH can resolve issues. If these steps don't help, consider checking Debian and Raspberry Pi documentation or community forums for specific advice on Bookworm.

By any chance were you using a non-branded (raspberry pi) camera? I could not get mine to work on bookworm until I got a branded camera and cable. I also fell down a rabbit hole on the raspy forums where it seems branded cables are cross-overs. It was a combo for me: camera and cable.

@@RossPotts yes, it’s an arducam 5 mb camera. I did get it to work on another app perfectly that I got from GitHub

Dont have that in the pipeline but I will definitely take note buddy!

Perhaps you have a newer OS

@@mmshilleh yes i got it, i installed the old version now everything works fine.

Hmmm did you mess around with any firewall settings? Are you seeing any python logs on the Raspberry Pi side?

@@mmshilleh Hi i have not messed around with any firewall. How do i check python logs.

A lot of this depends on your OS and Python Version, hard to say!

@@mmshilleh What version of OS are you using.

Are you referring to Flask? Flask is a framework/library in Python that allows you to host something called a web server. A web server is a basic building block of web applications.

Hey sorry might get one soon, never tried that yet!

Got this working with libcamera. Used libcamera and ffmpeg to create a m3u8 stream then flask and hls-js to have the stream show on the webpage. Good luck! It's also possible to do with python3-tornado and websockets but that was a little complex for me.

@@MattMascolo. Hey can you please share your code of libcamera Thanks

On OS version 'bookworm', the option does appear to have been removed.

@@ajitgupta1530 just now seeing this, I'll boot it up and get the code this evening into a GitHub.

if its from an external IP address you have to yes

@@mmshilleh Hi i have tried every thing but still no joy. I can view the Raspberry pi through VNC with my PC no problem. So i no they are both on the same Network. But for some reason i cannot view the camera over the internet.

They do, but you can use a tailscale to do this externally

@@mmshilleh Thank you

See comments !

Bullseye ;)

Check Raspberry Pi OS Version: Ensure your Raspberry Pi OS is up to date. The legacy camera support might require specific versions of the OS.

@@mmshilleh I have desbian bookworms that has auto detect camera feature enable but I am getting no camera.... In 32 bit os my noir camera v2 working fine but in 64 bit os no camera available please help

If you are using Bookworm then legacy camera support is no longer supported, but if you switch to Bullseye then it should have legacy camera support. There are some tradeoffs when doing this switch, but if you really need it then go for it, otherwise you could try using a branded camera and cable that works with the Raspberry Pi. I am using an OV5647 5MP 1080P Arducam which I have found needs legacy camera support.

Make sure you update apt and redownload all of your packages sudo apt-get update

@@mmshilleh tried that but to no avail. even tried reinstalling the os. any workarounds?

​@@Jun-zq3bn Hard to say without me having access to your OS tbh! You can always consult with me on buymeacoffee link but otherwise you will have to debug yourself. I have not seen this error before.

You can as long as it connects to the Pi with USB

​@@mmshilleh Thank you so much!

Soon my friend, soon

@@mmshilleh Thank you man.

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