How can I determine I have the new camera stack or not?

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Camera model

rPi cam v 1.3

What is the problem?

How can I determine whether I have the new camera stack or not?
I can't execute rpicam-xxxx utilities (via ssh).

What did you already try to solve it?

Don't know whats to do. That's why I'm asking here

Have you tried running in safe mode?

no

Did running in safe mode solve the problem?

n/a

Systeminfo Bundle

[Uploading: octoprint-systeminfo-20241027143629.zip...]

Additional information about your setup

OctoPrint v1.10.2,
OctoPi Build 2023.05.23.082504 with "webcamd", based on OctoPi 1.0.0, running on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2,
printer Ender-3,
firmware,
browser Chromium,
operating system Linux Mint21.3

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looks like you didn't wait for the system info bundle to complete uploading before posting the topic. that will actually tell us which one you have. also, in the new camera stack the commands are still libcam..., not rpicam...

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quick way is via ssh, if you type sudo service webcamd status and it responds with information then you are using stable. sudo service camera-streamer status will respond on new camera stack.

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This is the response to "service webcam status"

fred@octopi:~ $ sudo service webcamd status
● webcamd.service - the OctoPi webcam daemon with the user specified config
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/webcamd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-10-27 23:01:49 EDT; 11h ago
   Main PID: 487 (webcamd)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 1933)
        CPU: 507ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/webcamd.service
             ├─487 /bin/bash /root/bin/webcamd
             └─516 ./mjpg_streamer -o output_http.so -w ./www-octopi -n --listen 127.0.0.1 -i input_uvc.so -r 640x480 -f 10 >

Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: Frames Per Second.: 10
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: Format............: JPEG
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: TV-Norm...........: DEFAULT
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: www-folder-path......: ./www-octopi/
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: HTTP TCP port........: 8080
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: HTTP Listen Address..: 127.0.0.1
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: username:password....: disabled
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: commands.............: disabled
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: starting input plugin input_uvc.so
Oct 27 23:01:49 octopi mjpg_streamer[516]: MJPG-streamer [516]: starting output plugin: output_http.so (ID: 00)
fred@octopi:~ $

Response from "sudo service camera-streamer status" is

Unit camera-streamer.service could not be found.

I guess it's not the new camera stack.
Should I upgrade?

Just in case, here is the system bundle

octoprint-systeminfo-20241027143629.zip (3.9 MB)

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There's only one real good reason to update to the new camera stack...you are using a Raspicam V3, which is only supported by the new camera stack.

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Thanks for sharing.
I don't have a v3 cam. Just a v1.3

Thanks again.