Camera model
LG AN-VC300
What is the problem?
As with many other cameras, this one is only capable of outputting YUV format, and so results in high CPU usage on the SBC.
What did you already try to solve it?
I had a look at this topic: USB webcams known to work with mjpg-streamer
And it recommends using v4l2grab as a workaround high CPU usage but I can't seem to get it to work properly. I mean, the recommendation is this:
Start by calling
./mjpg_streamer -i "input_file.so -r -d 0 -f /dev/shm" -o "./output_http.so -w ./www"; it will display and delete new files. Then, call./v4l2grab -c -m -q 50 -o "/dev/shm/"; do not forget the trailing/on this command, which continuously captures jpgs of 50% compression without bound.
The first command fails because -r is not given any valid value but I fixed it by specifying 640x480. However, it still fails with this message:
i: init_VideoIn failed
and if I specify /dev/video1 instead of 0 for the -d argument, it works but eats up all CPU and does not give back control to start the second command.
Nevertheless, I stopped mjpg_streamer and ran v4l2grab -c -m -q 50 -d /dev/video1 -o "/dev/shm/" but this too uses a lot of CPU.
I have seen the following thread too: I see high CPU usage when mjpg-streamer is running
As it does not have the above recommendation, I'm wondering if there actually is a solution other than finding a webcam that outputs MJPEG format directly.
Have you tried running in safe mode?
Yes
Did running in safe mode solve the problem?
No
Systeminfo Bundle
octoprint-systeminfo-20231031105405.zip (7.0 KB)
Additional information about your setup
Octoprint is running on an Orange Pi Lite with Armbian all in their latest versions