{"id":1814,"date":"2020-05-09T10:40:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T14:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2020-05-09T10:48:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T14:48:05","slug":"build-a-raspberry-pi-webcam-server-in-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/build-a-raspberry-pi-webcam-server-in-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a Raspberry Pi Webcam Server in Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have this up and running with the official Pi NoIR v2.1 camera module<\/a>. I purchased it from these guys<\/a>, as Bezos has enough money already<\/a>. This camera will soon be moved to the basement Pi to try and revive the OpenCV oil tank monitor project<\/a>. That will free up the camera module currently in the basement Pi, as I was never really happy with the white light LED solutions that I came up with. I’m thinking about starting and stopping this Motion<\/a> service with a pair of timed CRON jobs on a Pi using the normal camera module.<\/p>\n

Here’s a picture of my messy desk. It does motion, but this is just a screen-capture to show the quality. I have the capture dialed down to 640×480, but native mode is something like 2x 1080. At native, I can actually read text on that laptop screen! The noIR camera has, well, no IR filter, so things get a reddish tint. I also happen to have it housed in a bunch of red Lego. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Calin and I were playing with the NoIR camera last night, as the 48 IR LED lamp arrived yesterday. I’ve got to say, it does a damn fine job. Calin was kind of blown away by “seeing in the dark”, which is sort of the point.<\/p>\n

Learn How to build a Webcam server on the Raspberry Pi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Build a Raspberry Pi Webcam Server in Minutes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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