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Octoprint

Setting up mjpg-streamer

  • Clone mjpg-streamer to home directory
  • mv mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental . && rm -rf mjpg-streamer
  • Install as described in the README.md
  • The following command should start mjpg-streamer: ./mjpg_streamer -o "output_http.so -w ./www" -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video2" Try the different video devices to find the correct one: ls /dev | grep video

/home/tim/mjpg-streamer-experimental/run.sh

#!/bin/bash

./mjpg_streamer -o "output_http.so -w ./www -p 8080" -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video2

chmod +x /home/tim/mjpg-streamer-experimental/run.sh

/home/tim/mjpg-streamer-experimental/mjpg-streamer.service.sample

[Unit]
Description=Stream video from webcam
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=tim
Group=tim
WorkingDirectory=/home/tim/mjpg-streamer-experimental
ExecStart=/home/tim/mjpg-streamer-experimental/run.sh
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
Environment=

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  • sudo cp /home/tim/mjpg-streamer-experimental/mjpg-streamer.service.sample /lib/systemd/system/mjpg-streamer.service
  • sudo systemctl enable mjpg-streamer.service
  • sudo systemctl start mjpg-streamer.service
# Remove, start, stop, status
sudo systemctl disable mjpg-streamer.service
sudo systemctl start mjpg-streamer.service
sudo systemctl stop mjpg-streamer.service
sudo systemctl status mjpg-streamer.service

It should now be available on port 8080