Use a Webcam on Raspberry pi with 3 Commands

0xkoji - Apr 22 '21 -

- Dev Community

Recently I reinstalled Raspberry Pi OS on my micro SD to build a security system for my room lol.

As the first step, I tested my webcam(old CREATIVE) with 3 commands.

commands

$ sudo rapi-config
interface enable camera
$ sudo apt-get install guvcview
$ guvcview &

I also updated my Raspberry Pi setup note on GitHub

koji / RaspberryPi-Note

Raspberry Pi note

Raspberry Pi

This repository is a note of Raspberry Pi. It covers from setup to a project.

ToDo

https://github.com/koji/raspi/issues

Docs

Basic commands

22 Basic Commands You Have to Know

Settings

setup guide This focuses on inital setup.
create a swapfile Basically, this is for installing a heavy program like OpenCV.
set crontab The sample is how to take a photo with webcam every 8 am.

Software

install vnc_viewer This is useful when we don't have a monitor for pi and want to use GUI.
install opencv
install oh-my-zsh
install librealsense
python3.6
install berryconda
install openFrameworks
install Docker WIP
install alexa WIP
install google home
install visual studio code(oss version)

Code sample

Machine Learning

I will add a python script for moving detector with webcam.

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