====== Notes ====== You need camera which supports UVC ([[http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/#devices|list]]) By default camera can be accessed from LAN interface. It is not available on WAN port. ====== Compile custom image ====== make menuconfig Select: * Kernel modules * Video Support * Select all if unsure make Flash new compiled image. ====== Installing ====== Open terminal to carambola opkg update opkg install mjpg-streamer ====== Setup ====== mjpg_streamer gets configuration from ''/etc/config/mjpg-streamer'' file, which by default looks like: config mjpg-streamer core option device "/dev/video0" option resolution "640x480" option fps "25" option port "8080" option enabled "true" ====== Startup & using ====== It starts with system. If you wish, you can start mjpg_streamer manual way: 1. Kill running instance: killall -9 mjpg_streamer or kill -9 `pidof mjpg_streamer` or /etc/init.d/mjpg-streamer stop 2. Run it mjpg_streamer -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video0 -r 1600x1200 -f 25" -o "output_http.so -p 8080" mjpg_streamer -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video0 -r 640x480 -f 25" -o "output_http.so -p 8080" mjpg_streamer -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video0 -r 854x480 -f 25" -o "output_http.so -p 8080" 3. Open browser or ip stream viewer (like VLC or something else) and see video http://<carambola_ip_address>:8080/?action=stream or if you wish single image. http://<carambola_ip_address>:8080/?action=snapshot