T_T
February 22, 2021, 5:22pm
1
I upgraded from octopi 0.15 to 0.18. Everything is working except for my second USB webcam, because the instructions I used previously (https://www.makersmashup.com/post/outside-the-box-multiple-webcam-setup-with-octoprint ) no longer apply.
Specifically, the file /etc/init.d/webcamd no longer exists and I can't figure out what has replaced it.
After spending 10 minutes searching on the web, it appears that this process is not properly documented for octopi 0.18.
Can someone please help?
This one should still work
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jk but you got a little messed up text formating there
I guess there are many ways but here is how I would do it
first you check the device paths
v4l2-ctl --list-devices
it should output something like this
Webcam1name
/dev/video0
/dev/video1
Webcam2name
/dev/video2
/dev/video3
we want the first /dev/video device of the second listed webcam ( /dev/video2 in this case)
Next you do this part from the raspbian octoprint tutorial by @foosel (β¦
T_T
February 22, 2021, 6:01pm
3
That is a lot kludgier than it used to be under 0.15. Why has support for multiple cameras gotten worse in 0.18?
Technically multiple webcam support is natively done my mjpg streamer, it just isn't implemented in the webcam daemon at all.
opened 11:31PM - 24 Sep 20 UTC
Hello,
I have figured out how to get mjpg_streamer to run 4 instances with just one command line. I am too much...
It's not got any worse than what you would have done previously, just instead of copying the files (as it is done in the tutorial you linked) the one PrintedWeezl linked gets you to manually create the files. Yes, they are in different places though.
Chris' Basement on YouTube:
OctoPi 0.18 - Multi Printers & Cameras On 1 Pi - Chris's Basement - YouTube