With these it helps This solution is tested and working with versions indicated below. Using this method, the RaspberryPi3 is always around 5% CPU.
edit 2018-11-18: One can also see the all-in-one solution prototype on
RaspiVWS project homepage (for curious people, see
GitHub project)
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.4 (stretch)
Release: 9.4
Codename: stretch
sudo apt-get install vlc
sudo apt-get install v4l-utils
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ v4l2-ctl --all
Driver Info (not using libv4l2):
Driver name : uvcvideo
Card type : HD Pro Webcam C920
Bus info : usb-3f980000.usb-1.5
Driver version: 4.14.30
Capabilities : 0x84200001
Video Capture
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Device Capabilities
Device Caps : 0x04200001
Video Capture
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Priority: 2
Video input : 0 (Camera 1: ok)
Format Video Capture:
Width/Height : 1920/1080
Pixel Format : 'H264'
Field : None
Bytes per Line : 3840
Size Image : 4147200
Colorspace : sRGB
Transfer Function : Default
YCbCr/HSV Encoding: Default
Quantization : Default
Flags :
Crop Capability Video Capture:
Bounds : Left 0, Top 0, Width 1920, Height 1080
Default : Left 0, Top 0, Width 1920, Height 1080
Pixel Aspect: 1/1
Selection: crop_default, Left 0, Top 0, Width 1920, Height 1080
Selection: crop_bounds, Left 0, Top 0, Width 1920, Height 1080
Streaming Parameters Video Capture:
Capabilities : timeperframe
Frames per second: 30.000 (30/1)
Read buffers : 0
brightness (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=-8193 value=128
contrast (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=57343 value=128
saturation (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=57343 value=128
white_balance_temperature_auto (bool) : default=1 value=1
gain (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=57343 value=255
power_line_frequency (menu) : min=0 max=2 default=2 value=2
white_balance_temperature (int) : min=2000 max=6500 step=1 default=57343 value=4822 flags=inactive
sharpness (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=57343 value=128
backlight_compensation (int) : min=0 max=1 step=1 default=57343 value=0
exposure_auto (menu) : min=0 max=3 default=0 value=3
exposure_absolute (int) : min=3 max=2047 step=1 default=250 value=333 flags=inactive
exposure_auto_priority (bool) : default=0 value=1
pan_absolute (int) : min=-36000 max=36000 step=3600 default=0 value=0
tilt_absolute (int) : min=-36000 max=36000 step=3600 default=0 value=0
focus_absolute (int) : min=0 max=250 step=5 default=8189 value=0 flags=inactive
focus_auto (bool) : default=1 value=1
zoom_absolute (int) : min=100 max=500 step=1 default=57343 value=100
led1_mode (menu) : min=0 max=3 default=3 value=3
led1_frequency (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=0 value=0
v4l2-ctl -d0 --set-ctrl=led1_mode=0
v4l2-ctl -d0 --set-ctrl=led1_frequency=30
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ arecord -l
**** Liste des Périphériques Matériels CAPTURE ****
carte 1: C920 [HD Pro Webcam C920], périphérique 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Sous-périphériques: 1/1
Sous-périphérique #0: subdevice #0
cvlc v4l2:///dev/video0:chroma=h264 :input-slave=alsa://hw:1,0 --sout '#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100,threads=4,audio-sync=1}:standard{access=http,mux=ts,mime=video/ts,dst=:8099}'
cvlc --sout-file-format v4l2:///dev/video0:<...> dst='/home/pi/Webcam_Record/%F_%T_MyVid.mp4'}
#!/bin/bash
# auto stream launch + led off
#cvlc -vvv for verbose debug
# change this value to adapt to your webcam device number
deviceNb=0
# force video format + led off
v4l2-ctl -d${deviceNb} --set-fmt-video=width=1920,height=1080,pixelformat=1 --set-ctrl=led1_mode=0
# if delay needed
# cvlc v4l2:///dev/video${deviceNb}:chroma=h264 :input-slave=alsa://hw:1,0 :live-caching=2500 --sout '#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100,threads=4,audio-sync=1}:standard{access=http,mux=ts,mime=video/ts,dst=:8099}'
# no delay
cvlc v4l2:///dev/video${deviceNb}:chroma=h264 :input-slave=alsa://hw:1,0 --sout '#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100,threads=4,audio-sync=1}:standard{access=http,mux=ts,mime=video/ts,dst=:8099}'
cd /lib/systemd/system/
sudo nano webcam-stream.service
[Unit]
Description=Custom Webcam Streaming Service
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/pi/Webcam_Record/vlc_webcam_stream_service.sh
Restart=on-abort
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
sudo chmod 644 /lib/systemd/system/webcam-stream.service
chmod +x /home/pi/Webcam_Record/vlc_webcam_stream.sh
sudo sed -i 's/geteuid/getppid/' /usr/bin/vlc
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable webcam-stream.service
sudo service webcam-stream status
sudo service webcam-stream start
#!/bin/bash
# auto stream launch + led off
#cvlc -vvv for verbose debug
# adapt to video device name
deviceNb=1
# loop duration
duration=15
#infinite recording
#loopOption=
loopOption=--loop
# force video format + led off
v4l2-ctl -d ${deviceNb} --set-fmt-video=width=1920,height=1080,pixelformat=1 --set-ctrl=led1_mode=0
# if delay needed :live-caching=2500
cvlc --sout-file-format --run-time=${duration} ${loopOption} v4l2:///dev/video${deviceNb}:chroma=h264 :input-slave=alsa://hw:1,0 --sout '#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100,threads=4,audio-sync=1}:duplicate{dst=standard{access=file,mux=mp4,dst='/home/pi/Webcam_Record/%F_%T_Spy.mp4'}:dst=standard{access=http,mux=ts,mime=video/ts,dst=:8099}'
./my_vlc_webcam_script.sh | at 1400
VLC media player 2.2.6 Umbrella (revision 2.2.6-0-g1aae78981c)
[00acb230] pulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused
cvlc -A alsa,none --alsa-audio-device default