Stream raspberry pi camera via Http Live Stream HLS
Use ffmpeg. Avconv produces a lot of errors multiplexing the output of raspivid
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connect and configure Raspberry Pi camera board. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/camera/README.md
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check that raspivid can record video from the camera.
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install ffmpeg (not in raspbian repositories), binaries available from https://ffmpeg.org/. Choose download / linux / Linux Static Builds. Download the armhf build for newer raspberry pi's. Unarchive and move the created directory somewhere: like to
/usr/local. So you will have e.g.:/usr/local/ffmpeg-3.3.2-armhf-32bit-static/. -
create symlinks for /usr/local/ffmpeg-/bin/ffmpeg, ffmpeg-10bit and ffserver into
/usr/local/bin. -
put streamCamHls in
/usr/local/bin. -
check paths and settings in top of file.
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run command streamCamHls
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files like movie*.ts, movie.m3u8 shoud be written to OUTDIR
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now install a webserver, like nginx.
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put file in
/etc/nginx/conf.d/enable-symlinks.conf: contents:
disable_symlinks off;
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create a symlink from OUTDIR to nginx http dir (usually
/var/www/html.) -
fire up a video player, like vlc on a computer that can reach the raspi, enter the url: http:///hls/movie.m3u8. (hls should be name of symlink to OUTDIR in nginx http dir, movie.m3u8 should be name of OUTFILE (as defined in streamCamHls).
Please use a ramdisk for OUTDIR, like /dev/shm, standard on Raspbian. Writing to your flash card will
wear it out quickly.
- create a user webcam
- add it to the group video
- place camhls.service file in /etc/systemd/system
- reload systemd deamon:
systemctl daemon-reload - enable service:
systemctl enable camhls - start service:
systemctl start camhls