Make you own Raspberry Pi Camera Stream

Create your own live stream from a Raspberry Pi using the Pi camera module. Build your own applications from here.

How it works

The Pi streams the output of the camera module over the web via Flask. Devices connected to the same network would be able to access the camera stream via

<raspberry_pi_ip:5000> 

Screenshots

Pi Setup	Pi - Live Stream

Preconditions

• Raspberry Pi 4, 2GB is recommended for optimal performance. However you can use a Pi 3 or older, you may see a increase in latency.
• Raspberry Pi 4 Camera Module or Pi HQ Camera Module (Newer version)
• Python 3 recommended.

Library dependencies

Install the following dependencies to create camera stream.

sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev
sudo apt-get install libjasper-dev
sudo apt-get install libqtgui4 
sudo apt-get install libqt4-test
sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev

sudo pip3 install flask
sudo pip3 install numpy
sudo pip3 install opencv-contrib-python
sudo pip3 install imutils
sudo pip3 install opencv-python

pip3 install opencv-python

Step 1 – Cloning Raspberry Pi Camera Stream

Open up terminal and clone the Camera Stream repo:

cd /home/pi
git clone https://github.com/EbenKouao/pi-camera-stream-flask.git

Step 2 – Launch Web Stream

Note: Creating an Autostart of the main.py script is recommended to keep the stream running on bootup.

sudo python3 /home/pi/pi-camera-stream-flask/main.py

Step 3 – Autostart your Pi Stream

Optional: A good idea is running your Pi Camera stream at Pi boot up. This removes the need to re-run the script every time you want to create the stream. You can do this by going adding the boot up code the .bashrc file.

Via GUI - show hidden .bashrc and add the code or access via terminal:

sudo nano /home/pi/.bashrc

Go the end of the and add the following (from above):

sudo python3 /home/pi/pi-camera-stream-flask/main.py

This would cause the following terminal command to auto-start upon Raspberry Pi boot up.

Download Beta image of Raspberry Pi Camera Stream

Any troubles installing, try out the already compiled Raspberry Pi (Raspbian OS) Image of Raspberry Pi Camera Stream.