Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3
Camera: VSTARCAM T6835WIP PnP IP Network Camera
OS: Linux raspberrypi 4.9.41-v7+ from NOOBS 2.4.3 [Raspian 9.1 stretch]
update
fresh os install on new sd card and ran into issues trying to load motioneye following the instructions on https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/wiki/Install-On-Raspbiansudo apt-get install motion ffmpeg v4l-utils # v4l the l is a lower case L
sudo pip install motioneye
sudo pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pillow
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev
sudo mkdir -p /etc/motioneye
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/motioneye
sudo cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf
sudo cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.systemd-unit-local /etc/systemd/system/motioneye.service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable motioneye
systemctl start motioneye
mkdir -p /var/lib/motioneye
cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf
cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.systemd-unit-local /etc/systemd/system/motioneye.service
did not run the following as sudo. at the prompt, selected pi and entered the password
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable motioneye
systemctl start motioneye
[old post]
set up raspberry pi with Raspian OS according to user guide
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade 'patience while it loads
[following is from https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/wiki/Install-On-Raspbian. I have listed the commands I used. the wiki has notes that may apply to your situation. ]
'commands require root use sudo or become root using sudo -i
1. ffmpeg
wget https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/wiki/precompiled/ffmpeg_2.8.3.git325b593-1_armhf.deb
dpkg -i ffmpeg_2.8.3.git325b593-1_armhf.deb
2. install motion
apt-get install motion
3. Install the dependencies from the repositories:
apt-get install python-pip python-dev curl libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libjpeg-dev
4. Install motioneye
pip install motioneye
5. Prepare the configuration directory
mkdir -p /etc/motioneye
cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf
6. Prepare the media directory:
mkdir -p /var/lib/motioneye
7. Add an init script, configure it to run at startup and start the motionEye server:
cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.systemd-unit-local /etc/systemd/system/motioneye.service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable motioneye
systemctl start motioneye
8. To upgrade to the newest version of motionEye :
pip install motioneye --upgrade
systemctl restart motioneye
9. open motioneye
from web browser enter "http://[your raspberry pi ip address]:8765"
10. add camera
[update 6/20/2021]
url = http://192.168.0.121:81/videostream.cgi?
username = admin [default for my Win T-6835WIP]
password = [your password]
[recommend you test out the connection to your IP camera [i used yawcam and iSpy64] from your laptop/desktop first so you know it is working. i needed to enter my user name and password in the url only, not the user name and password blocks. if i just entered in the user name and password blocks I got a "camera not supported error]
camera type = network camera
url = http://[ip camera address]:port/videostream.cgi?user=[username]&pwd=[password]"
'example http://192.168.0.199:81/videostream.cgi?user=USERNAME&pwd=PASSWORD"
user name = leave blank as included above
password = leave blank as included above
'enjoy
[recommend you test out the connection to your IP camera [i used yawcam and iSpy64] from your laptop/desktop first so you know it is working. i needed to enter my user name and password in the url only, not the user name and password blocks. if i just entered in the user name and password blocks I got a "camera not supported error]
camera type = network camera
url = http://[ip camera address]:port/videostream.cgi?user=[username]&pwd=[password]"
'example http://192.168.0.199:81/videostream.cgi?user=USERNAME&pwd=PASSWORD"
user name = leave blank as included above
password = leave blank as included above
'enjoy
