RaspiCam V3 - RPi5 - Not working New Camera Stack

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Camera model

RaspiCam Module 3

What is the problem?

Installed the Camera Stack OctoPi but i cant seem to get the RPi 5 to detect the Module 3 cam. I have logged onto terminal and ran the necessary Sudo:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libcamera-apps

Have also used Rpicam-hello (It works with the Rpi OS and once on the octopi)

When i update with sudo update - the whole system crashes and will not reboot.

I just cant seem to make it work - and any advice would help.

What did you already try to solve it?

Installed, reformatted, reinstalled - multiple times
Installed Rpi OS and it detects the cam
intalled octopi - camerastack multiple times - once it detected the camera then it dissapeared after

Have you tried running in safe mode?

Yes

Did running in safe mode solve the problem?

No

Systeminfo Bundle

octoprint-systeminfo-20260114101344.zip (88.9 KB)

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Additional information about your setup

Latest OctoPrint Camera Stack - with RPi Imager Ver 2.0
Rpi 5
RaspiCam Module V3

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Bought a USB cam - Logitech Brio 100 - as common as possible - and its also not working.

https://paste.octoprint.org/CteZ5nXGiU

Need some support to see what i am doing wrong? Should i update the whole thing again? Do i use the normal Octo Print with the USB Cam?

I did a back up - when i recreate a new Octopi - will the backup overwrite>? or only the plugins used?

i have updated the OS - to the 1.11.5 via the system updates - still doesnt work.

Im lost... ill take any help i can get... preference would be to use the Module 3 - but if i cant then the Logitech

octoprint-systeminfo-20260114161048.zip (153.1 KB)

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Managed to move ahead somewhat:

refreshed with RPI OS lite
Used this guide to MANUALLY install - GitHub - paukstelis/octoprint_deploy: Bash script for rapid deployment of multiple octoprint instance on a single machine

RPICAM - still does not work

USB Cam - Works

  • can take pic
  • can see stream on OctoEverywhere dashboard on web browser but not on phone app
  • CANNOT see stream on OCTOPI - for the life of me not able to figure this one out - if anyone can give guidance - would be spectacular
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Unfortunately, the Raspberry Pi 5 is missing a video hardware encoder that exists in previous versions. This missing encoder has caused many of the "camera solutions" to fail including the ones included with both OctoPi images.

https://community.octoprint.org/t/pi5-raspberry-pi-module-3/62453

https://github.com/ayufan/camera-streamer/issues/149

https://github.com/OctoPrint/OctoPi-UpToDate/issues/19

There are additional threads in this forum that discuss the RPi 5 (or RPi5) as a suitable host for OctoPrint with the general concensus that it is overkill. At this point in time, an RPi 4 is a much better choice.

5

If i were to use a RPi4 as the base - i can run the webcams without issues? USB and if i chose to the Module 3?

This exercise has cost me much... hahaha

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Yes, the RPi Camera V3 works on the OctoPi 1.1.0 cam release on an RPi 4 (I have this config). I believe USB cameras will work as well (don't have any USB cameras ATM).

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i took the leap and got RPi4.

Question - when i install the Camera stack now - do i upgrade it to 1.11.5 or keep it at 1.11.4 after installing it requests for upgrade

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i can 100% confirm - the camera stack upgraded to 1.11.5 - works
Rpi4 2GB - works like a charm - will detect both USB cam AND RaspiCam Module3 without any updates.

confirmed RPi5 - doesnt work

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