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raspbian-lite based image with omxplayercamview.service
Install/Setup/Configure with:
1) Download latest img, and write to sd card.
2) After install and reboot, login using :
pi/raspberry
a) Go ahead and change your password for the pi account.
b) Enable/start ssh server
sudo systemctl enable ssh
sudo systemctl start ssh
Note:If you dont enable ssh server and you setup your camera as kiosk, you may find it difficult to resetup another camera view unless you disconnect from network/ or reboot, this is due to the nature of a persistent service, with no exit hooks, yet.
3) $sudo edit /etc/systemd/system/omxplayercamview.service
Change line #18 to your camera's ip/port
Optional:
*adjust 15 second timeout
*adjust 3 second up as needed @ Restart=on-failure value near end of file
4) Enable service
$sudo systemctl enable omxplayercamview.service
5) start service
$sudo systemctl start omxplayercamview.service
6) $sudo reboot
Features
- Accelerated direct HW rendering/viewing is low on cpu cycles compared to many options.
- Should works on all the pi's.
- Good for standalone or private lan use.
- Can be run from console or X11, if needed.
- Systemd Service restarts after n seconds, if stream errors/times out.
- Based off raspbian-lite (stage2) and created with https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen
