Setting up multiple webcams in OctoPi the right way

[MichaelPi]

An update to this guide would be so helpful!

I can no longer have 2 cameras.

I see my USB Camera but I cannot use my raspicam anymore when I try to use multiple cameras since the camera="raspi" has been removed and I don't know which device I have to add to the "camera_usb_options=" via parameter "-d" because this is simply not in the not updated yet guide.
I tried to use the -d dev/v4l/by-path/platform-bcm2835-isp-video-index0 but it doesnt work.

So long I have to go with 1 camera but 2 cameras are so convinient and maybe there could also be a UI within OctoPrint for this instead of having to fiddle around with the files (just a wish for the future).

Thank you for all the great work so far. Enriches my 3D printing life so much!

[Charlie_Powell]

With the advent of the new camera stack for OctoPi it's not top of my priorities to get out my RPi cam & the old stack now to figure out what it should be. If it's simple and takes me 5 mins (or if someone else knows the answer) that would be good. I can't do it at the moment as I don't have the hardware accessible.

I can definitely recommend the new camera stack, which also makes adding new cameras even easier - it's available in the RPi imager as an additional option.

[sparkyws]

@jneilliii

I also made the multicam view plugin (unlisted).

Has this plugin died

[jneilliii]

Not that I'm aware of. You have to manually install since it's unlisted. Go to plugin manager > get more and at the bottom in the ...from URL field copy/paste this url and click install.

https://github.com/jneilliii/OctoPrint-MultiCamView/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

[sparkyws]

@jneilliii

Not that I'm aware of.

I did as resort from a backup and the plugin didn't reconfigure, try to install it manually, but that also failed.

Forgot about

@jneilliii

and at the bottom in the

Cheers works perfectly again

[RyaJa]

Is there an updated version for the new stack yet?

[jneilliii]

It's documented in the FAQ at the bottom.

Camera-streamer configuration on the new camera stack for OctoPi

Got an issue with the new camera stack? Open a new topic! If you are running into any issues with the new camera stack of which the configuration is described below, DO NOT REPLY TO THIS TOPIC, open a new one please. This is a documentation topic, not a support topic. An alternative OctoPi-UpdateToDate build replaces mjpg-streamer and webcamd with a new camera streaming setup based on camera-streamer. This build can currently be found as "OctoPi (new camera stack)" in the RPi I…

[Strizzi74]

Thanks for the documentation, unfortunately it doesn't work on the latest nightly octopi image (based on raspian bookworm). I get the error "The webcam server is currently not running".

The reason might be that they changed /boot to /boot/firmware (octopi.txt is also found there). So i tried to place the octopi.conf.d directory also there but it ignores it. Trying to place it in /boot does also not work.

Do you have any hint what should be modified to get it running on bookworm (cam1 is working well here)
I need to use bookworm since it has proper pi5 support and octoprint works there flawlessly.

[pablo_perez]

hello everyone, i try follow all the steps , but both cameras never work same time one work the other one just said server error, when i swap the cameras same thing only front camera or nozzle camera but never together

[n0dr4c]

Same issue for me, I do not find working solution... Maybe there is a configuration to define file location for second camera.