Probably the first time in a long time, where I have followed a tutorial for the raspberry pi and got it working first pop. Thank you very much! this is gonna be cool to use for all sorts of things. Mainly to monitor my 3D printer in the garage.
Wow!!!! Didn't know about this MotionEyeOS!!! Very nice, I used to use motion + rapsbian configured from scratch, but after researching how to setup GoogleDrive account I found your videos! Good job!!!
This video was a huge help on getting my system up and running. I'd been working on various solutions for a couple weeks and your video provided a solution in a couple hours. Much appreciated and Thanks.
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Your video is terrific! I found your video helpful on merit of the content and your editing. Color me an instant subscriber. I look forward to giving this a go and following along as you expand content and explore more fun and useful applications for the wonderful Raspberry Pi.
Thanks for the great tutorial. It will really come in handy when I configure mine. This can save me some money by ditching my current web cam service. The specifics about the app were very informative. Great video.
Hi, great video! Very informative, I had to use jawsper's version of the motioneyeos image due to having a raspberry pi zero 2 w with a cam rev1.3 instead, but it works great. But the problem is I'm making a dashcam and cannot have a wifi connected to the pi, so is it possible to use motioneyeos offline? Or even making its own wifi acess point would do, in fact make it more convenient. Would be glad if you could help me out!
Light Switch Detection is really useful actually. Set to >80% it will treat a light change (such as a sun coming out from behind a cloud) as a non-event, avoiding lots of false positives and empty pictures caused by lighting changes. Conversely, you would disable this feature if you wanted to treat light changes as motion events. For example, perhaps you have a sensor light outside your window, you would want to record when the sensor light turned on, so you set Light Switch Detection to 0%.
Thanks for this video! I have been looking for a system for my house for a while that was Raspberry based. While there are many, your presentation rose to the top. It would be great to see other various camera hooks up along with the MotionEyeOS software.
Thanks for a very comprehensive video... well done. I have watched many other video and none have been so complete and so clearly explained each section. Now have mine setup. I’m trying to install a camera at an RC flying field so members can see the wind sock and who may be flying. Was hoping to stream live video but we are in a remote area and will try and attach to a someone’s local xfinitywifi router so we will not be able to do “port forwarding" to allow live stream. (can't find any other way to do it). We will just take still pictures at a 5-10 interval and send to Google Drive and then Facebook. Thanks again
Good one. Very happy with MotionEye. I would like to access the System remotely. Still working on that. And need to have the files stored on Dropbox or google drive, for security. Still tweaking the settings. But over all am happy with this. Have two cameras. Hopefully adding two more.
Hey thanks for the video! I see in comment from two years ago you suggest to setup a Dynamic DNS and then forward the port for MotionEyes if you wanted to access the camera remotely, but said you had some other thoughts on it as well. Is this method still what’d you would recommend or do you consider it insecure or less simple than a newer found method? Thanks!
Thanks for your video. MotionEyeOS: I have raspberryPi4 model B. The image doesn't seem to work for this model. Do you have a more recent version? Thank you.
This GitHub release says they added Pi 4 support Sept 11, 2019: github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/releases/tag/20190911 Here's a link to the June 6, 2020 (most recent release) Pi 4 release: github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/releases/download/20200606/motioneyeos-raspberrypi4-20200606.img.xz
I have made an image with the help of your link but it won’t boot. Could it be that my raspberry isn’t compatible? My raspberry is from april 2021. (I am from the Netherlands so it is possible that my english isn’t correct, my apologies for that.)
Thank-you. It was very clearly explained. I set up a camera a couple of weeks ago (my first Raspberry Pi project) and was hoping to add a second camera with a Pi Zero 2 W, but I didn't know how to add the wpa_supplicant.config file.
Your tutorial is very good so far, and it has helped me understand precisely what to do. However, I have tried every single image file that could be possibly compatible with my pi and none of them will boot. I've used win imager and the raspberry pi imager for almost every combination of image files to put them on my SD card. However, my Raspberry Pi 3 B +, blinks 4 times slow, and 7 times fast, indicating there is something wrong with the startup files in the SD card. I have no idea what is going on as when I used the official Pi imager to put Raspberry Pi OS on there, it booted up and worked fine. Just MotionEyeOS, and I really want to fix this. Do you have any solutions?
Iv had a few robberies in my area and the home owners that were robbed said that robbers have been smart enough to take the cctv box. Im thinking of placing a device like this near my cctv box to catch them and have store in a cloud so they cant take it. But one big question is how quickly will it upload in case they turn off the power.
I get the image onto the card. But when I re-insert it. When 10 wants to reformat the partitions that were created. I’m using the version for the raspberry pi 3B. Any thoughts
i can't get the WiFi to work. i am dead sure i got the ssid and WiFi password correct in the .conf file but it only says "no link" on boot up and goes into a boot loop. any ideas why it does not work?
@joe comp i solved it by installing a previous version, setting it up on ethernet then enabling wifi in the web interface . checked that it worked on wifi and then updated to the latest version via the web interface. solved. =)
Hi! Thanks for the video! I already install it and configured 4 Hikvision IP cameras. There is a way to see the cameras with a monitor attached directly to the RaspberryPi? I am using a Rasperri Pi 3. Thanks in advance
@@DBTechYT Thanks for the answer. Then i ´ll looking for another option, to get all the solution in a single device. Maybe with a Raspian with GUI to use a browser and the app installed on it. I´ll try
Hello, I did everything right but I can't get the ip address (that's you're supposed to get at 5:48). It failed to set the current date and time so I thought maybe that was the issue, so I used another microSD card and fixed the date and time. When I tried again but it still failed and I didn't get the ip address. Everything else seems to work just fine but I'm stuck there. Any advice?
i will try your wpa_supplicant.conf file and see what happens. I've tried several different ones and none have allowed for a connection to my wifi network. I have a working motioneye when using a RasPi 3 Model B connected to the LAN. But haven't been able to setup motioneye on either Model B or Zero W. What's going on?
Great video. Was up and running in no time. Can you please, please, please expand the how to portion regarding Wireless IP camera's. I'm having a terrible time finding wireless cameras compatible with MotionEyeOS. Most wireless cameras are only compatible with camera manufacturers software, apps etc... Any proven wireless camera model numbers would be VERY helpful. Thanks and keep up the good work.
thanks for the video. How do I go about saving my recording directly to an external hard drive on a raspberry pi 4 when my motioneye is in a homa assistant in a docker? I have now idea what im doing and this is all so confusing, thanks.
Just a note to anyone trying to install MotionEyeOS on a RasPi 4 8GB: it doesn't work. During boot an error is returned saying that "This board requires newer software." I don't know for sure, but I suspect this is because of the 64 bit CPU.
I have installed this on a Pi 4 8GB. "This product's key features include a high-performance 64-bit quad-core processor" which tells me that you may just need to update your device's firmware to the newest available version.
Thx so much for responding that you've got it running on a Pi4-8GB. I realized that, maybe, part of it is I had the 32 bit version of Raspbian installed. I'm doing it with the 64 bit now. And, I'm watching your Pi4-8GB unboxing & firmware update video now.
@@DBTechYT No luck. With your help I got the firmware updated to 04nov2022, so there's that. Other than that, on boot it just keeps cycling around, saying elf is not compativle and this board requires newer software. Also, it appears this project may be dying. The latest release is 2 years ago. Maybe better to look at something else. Funny thing is, all I want to do is http stream my 3D printer cameras. I'm not even interested in recording anything; just viewing.
How could i watch the cameras live from a different location and different network? Is it possible to check the cameras from your phone even when not at your house? And can you also require a login for the cameras with remote control? Fairly new to remote control and surveillance cameras so sorry if this is quite noob 😛
That's actually a good question. There are a few things that you would need. First, you would want to setup some kind of Dynamic DNS on your router so that you don't have to use your (presumably home) IP address out in the wild. There are several services out there, so be sure to pick on that your router supports. Once you've got that setup, you'll need to figure out what port your MotionEyeOs is running on. Then you need to setup port forwarding on your router and/or modem depending on your network setup. For instance, I have a modem/router combo that I got from my ISP. I only use it for the modem purposes and have my own router in place. Because of that, I have to login to my modem and forward the port to my router. From there I have to login to my router and setup port forwarding to my Raspberry Pi. Then you've got a couple of options. You should just be able open a browser and navigate to whatever URL your dynamic DNS setup for you and make sure you're on the right port. For instance something like: customurl.dynamicdns.com:8080 There's also an Android app that I just recently discovered that you would need to setup on your phone. You'd still need to do all of the port forwarding stuff, but you'd have an app you could use instead of just a browser window. I was actually thinking about doing this exact thing the other day and making a video about it, but the port forwarding portion of things will take me some time to figure out how to explain in a video. Anyway, I hope this all helps.
Hello, I need to have a any configuration. I achieved to into via crhome but I don't see my picamera. I have the picamera in the raspberry pi . thank you
@@Felix-ve9hs I am having the same issue with a Pi 3b works fine with a wired connection. I also setup up wireless network setting via a wired connection and still no luck
I have the same issue with my RPI 4 , I’ve been looking all over to find a solution with no luck at the moment. I haven’t tried wired yet, but I think I’ll need to do that then connect via wireless and hope this works (I’m a noob by the way, not touched RPI’s before or Linux)
After downloading and preparing everything properly, can I then use a secondary router that isn't connected to the internet at all? Like just pluging the router into the wall-socket without connecting the it to the modem? I do *NOT* want my security cameras to be on the main network, or even be connected to the same router as my other devices with internet access! Only limiting access to certain MAC-addresses and setting up firewall and various security rules aren't secure enough - I do *NOT* want either the cameras, the router or any device that is viewing the cameras through the network to even being able to *accidently* connect to the internet whatsoever!
Does the iallow you to capture audio of the video not saw it mentioned on this or other similar videos and a multi Canara setup video would be great. Thanks enjoyed your explanation
Nice job making video. I have many cams this would be perfect for. I didn't notice any ref to RPi-4 and wondering if this would be happy on that. Kudos for all the info, and great job making it easy for us to understand. X_Marine/BillyD
I have a question i am running a rassbian os on the pi how I could do this without removing the system on the sd card ?? And if i want to connect the data to fire base to open it with application what is your advice for that
I downloaded the version for raspberry pi 3, but when I unzip this using Winzip, I only see one disc image file rather than the separate file that would also include where I would modify country, SSID, and password. What can I do to change this? Will this be a problem in later steps?
I tried wyze cam that supports rtsp stream but the motion eye don’t show an option for adding such camera. It only had two type of camera listed. Can I add support for rtsp stream?
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but I'm going to give it a go anyway. Wyze cameras, by default, don't have RTSP enabled. There is a custom firmware that you can side load that will enable RTSP, though. I've noticed from my own experience that Wyze camera RTSP can be kinda of slow and choppy when streaming through a 3rd party system like MotionEye or iSpy.
So... After about 20 minutes of messing with things, I've got MotionEye running in Docker and I've got a Wyze camera with a custom RTSP firmware running on it. I had to jump through some hoops, but I got it working. There's a bit of a delay, but, considering what all is going on, I think that's pretty much expected. Definitely going to have to do a video on this very soon!! ( Screenshot as proof: imgur.com/a/iDiw9PW )
@@DBTechYT that's awesome! After doing some research, it seems like Zoneminder might be a better alternative because it has an app with push notifications. It would be great if you can check it out and tell me your opinion.
I remember looking into Zoneminder and there was something i didn't like. I don't remember what, but there was *something*... Might have to look into it again. Hell, maybe I'll make a couple of videos on it :)
You have to forward that port from your modem and router to your Raspberry Pi. Then you should be able to access the stream by going to the IP address from your ISP. If you don't know what it is, go to ipchicken.com
You've given me nothing to work with. You haven't told me about what kind of camera it is. You haven't told me how it hooks up. You haven't told me what things you've tried. You haven't told me literally anything to help me understand your setup.
@@DBTechYT Yes right. Ok I am using Rasp PI 3 with Motion Eye OS. Using an Amazon camera that describes itself as a “Mini Camera” using m-jpeg video coding. Format AVI. MoEyeOs shows an error of “Unable to open video device” MoEyeOs software up to date.
Thanks for this video - I'm curious if I can do outside cameras. I see that this video is using usb, but if I can get a wireless camera and connect ii to this solution. I'm hoping to get front outside cams as well so if you have any insight that would be helpful as well - thanks again!
latest release 20190119 has most of this stuff gone....update video? or should I stick with this version?.....Ive remember seeing all those options when i first took a crack at it but have since dropped it because i got busy but now back at it and it has far fewer control options than this version update: going through this version your currently on , google drive fails :[
@@DBTechYT Hi thanks for the response ....i do have other questions ok let me start with this I will just get straight to the point I was having issues with the cams, had advanced settings on, turned on Fast Network Cam, camera issued fixed but lost advanced features (fast network cam disables advanced features) Ended up reflashing sd with the latest release, no more cam issues did not turn on fast network cam had all settings as shown in video... google works too my plan have three rasp pi's (two 3+ and one 3) wanted to do multi cam setup was seeing other people do this with pi zeros as cams and pi 3+ as hub I don't have zeros nor plan to use them so my setup 3+ & 3 as cam and 3+ as hub like you, I plan on saving stuff to google drive, cool with stuff being saved on sd card just for kicks my confusion now lies on the hub ( I have an idea on why its needed for the pi zeros, for the extra horsepower ? correct me if im wrong noob DiY'er here) So my questions, why is a hub is needed?, do I need the hub if I'm using full-sized pi's? *side note for anyone who is doing this and have set their pi up for wireless and assigned a static ip but have the wrong date showing, make sure that your gateway is the correct ( default 192.168.1.1) .....that was my issue did an ipconfing to find out my default gateway, was different than default changed it and fixed the wrong date issue thanks sorry for the long post, cheers
You don't NEED a hub, but it's good if you want to have one place to login and access all your cameras. You could setup each one and never have any of them work together if you wanted, but the hub is just to have a single access point to see all your cameras. Also, Pi Zeros are MUCH weaker than the 3 is, so there's no "extra horsepower" using zeros over 3 or 3+.
The provided wpa_supplicant.conf file does NOT WORK! Google drive does some kind of invisible formatting on the text that the Pi cannot work with. I created an identical bit of script using notepad and this solved the problem. Copying and Pasting from the provided file will NOT work - write your own word for word and it will.
You're the ONLY one who has had a problem with it and I've had HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of requests for it. You are literally the ONLY one who has complained about it.
I am using Hassio..I have installed the motioneye from the store. But it is not seeing the usb camera I have pulled in Do I have to set anything in the configuration.yaml file .?
Hi DB. I watch it again. Set my time zone right. When I set my IP to static it still changes the time and date stamp to 1969 12/31 I am connected to my home wifi. Please Help?
Hi, I’ve followed your tutorial on my RPI4 and I’m getting an error when I boot: failed (brcfmac) it also says Wireless: no-link then tried to connect via wired connection and fails due to it not being plugged in. Can you help me please?
@@cesaraliaga6894 yes I did. Install raspion OS and copy the internet file from inside and paste it into the MotioneyeOS. Pretty simple solution, I would tell you what was missing but I haven’t touched it since and have forgotten. But just find the WiFi settings in another OS that you know works and you’ll be fine :)
@@DBTechYT hey gracias por tu respuesta y encima en Español. gracias lo de los puertos la verdad no se como se hace si tienes algun link o tutorial te agradeceria mucho. un saludo desde España!
El problema con un tutorial como ese es que cada enrutador y módem son diferentes, por lo que debe encontrar las instrucciones para cada elemento que tenga en su red para determinar cómo configurar el reenvío de puertos.
Depends on what kind of cameras you're using. If you're using RTSP cameras, you can add several with just the RTSP cameras and 1 Raspberry Pi. If you're using webcams, you can plug as many webcams as you have usb ports. Once you max out your ports, you'll need additional Pis.
I've been able to set up via ethernet cable just fine but I have tried everything with the wpa_supplicant.conf file and haven't been able to boot with it. Every time the starting wpa_supplicant.conf file gets the failed message after I place it on there manually. Interestingly enough it is not saved on the sd card when I pull it out of the Pi 3 B although I am confident I placed it on there after formatting the sd drive. It's as if it's deleted.
I had the same problem and tried the steps over and over again. Then I switch my network from the 5 Ghz to 2.4 Ghz and this worked. I don't know why it wouldn't work with the 5 Ghz band since the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ is suppose to work with both 2.4 and 5G
Hey db, can I call you db? Anyways, I put this together and when I load it up it seemed like it was running slow and would freeze up. Is there anyway to fix this?
Only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that maybe there's something wrong with your micro SD card? If it has a slow read/write speed, that might also have an impact.
Thanks for the video. I'm currently having trouble. For some reason the video is no longer being sent to my Google drive. I'm fairly new to motioneyeos and raspberrypi an d I haven't been able to figure it out.
flashed to a raspberry pi 3b+, used the modified wpa_supplicant.conf file to match my wifi login. it keeps getting stuck at trying to establish a wired connection and forces it into a boot loop. the raspberry pi 3b+ has a wifi adaptor. can someone help?
The wpa_supplicant file will ONLY run the VERY first time you boot up the Pi with the OS on it. It will not load on subsequent boots. If it doesn't work the first time, you'll have to reinstall MotionEyeOS and try again. OR you can plug in a network cable and log into it that way the first time and the configure the wireless settings once you're logged in while plugged into a wired network.
That's going to depend on how good your wifi coverage is. Any number of things can affect that. How good your wifi router is will affect the distance of your signal. Multiple walls, or walls made of brick or concrete can affect how far your wifi will go. Also, other 2.4GHz networks in the area may cause interference and affect your wifi. It's just something you'll have to test for yourself. I have no way of knowing all the things that will affect YOUR setup. Test it out and see what you come up with :)
Any idea why I can get wifi to work on my pi3b+ using octoprint but not with motioneyeos? Both wpa supplicants are identical yet octoprint works straight away and MEOS keeps stating "no link". I did get it to work on MEOS once but no ip address. So used angry ip scanner to show ips but they did not work! grrrrrr. Funny how you intend to spend an hour setting up motioneye but end up wasting three days. Any help would be welcome.
In that case, I would suggest plugging an ethernet cable into the Pi and then logging into it on a wired connection. Then, you can open the advanced settings and enable/setup the wifi that way.
@@DBTechYT I tried what you suggested For me it was "Expert settings" and all it was was to be able to turn on wifi. Which I did and that did not work. Also the wpa supplicant file keeps getting deleted. Again a google search ended up a dead end. Please I do not expect anyone to spend a great deal if any amount of time on this for me. It is something simple I know but not that simple to find:)
The WPA supplicant file will only run on a clean install of MotionEyeOS. After it runs for the first time, the file will be deleted. Once you turn on WiFi in the advanced settings, you should be able to find more settings where you'll put in your SSID and password. Once you do that, the wireless should work.
@@DBTechYT Thanks DB I have lost count the number of fresh installs I have made LOL. And the advanced settings do not have anywhere to enter ssid info except" ssid on/off". (assuming you mean the html page generated by MEOS) After a lot of searching one chap tried installing a previous version of MEOS and updating it once(hopefully)that fixes the problem. I do appreciate you time on this. Please don't give it priority over you great video content to come.
I've watched over dozen video related to pi and none of it worked except your tutorial!. Thank you so much for providing good video.
Probably the first time in a long time, where I have followed a tutorial for the raspberry pi and got it working first pop. Thank you very much! this is gonna be cool to use for all sorts of things. Mainly to monitor my 3D printer in the garage.
Wow!!!! Didn't know about this MotionEyeOS!!! Very nice, I used to use motion + rapsbian configured from scratch, but after researching how to setup GoogleDrive account I found your videos! Good job!!!
Glad I could help!
This video was a huge help on getting my system up and running. I'd been working on various solutions for a couple weeks and your video provided a solution in a couple hours. Much appreciated and Thanks.
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just came across this video and I've been looking for a small camera system for some IP cams. Thanks for all the videos!
can't stop buying raspberry pis lol setting up a home surveillance system for my elderly parents. thanks for the information, brother \m/
Good stuff!
Thank you for the in depth presentation on the camera. I will be making some as soon as I'm home.
Awesome!
Your video is terrific! I found your video helpful on merit of the content and your editing. Color me an instant subscriber. I look forward to giving this a go and following along as you expand content and explore more fun and useful applications for the wonderful Raspberry Pi.
Thanks so much for your comment. I really appreciate it!
Great video! Clear, concise and extremely useful! You have a great talent for teaching.
Thanks for the great tutorial. It will really come in handy when I configure mine. This can save me some money by ditching my current web cam service. The specifics about the app were very informative. Great video.
Glad it helped!
Very clear explanation thank you!🎉
Glad you think so!
Hi, great video! Very informative, I had to use jawsper's version of the motioneyeos image due to having a raspberry pi zero 2 w with a cam rev1.3 instead, but it works great. But the problem is I'm making a dashcam and cannot have a wifi connected to the pi, so is it possible to use motioneyeos offline? Or even making its own wifi acess point would do, in fact make it more convenient. Would be glad if you could help me out!
This video was very concise and to the point. Have. Real good idea and how to set it up. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Light Switch Detection is really useful actually. Set to >80% it will treat a light change (such as a sun coming out from behind a cloud) as a non-event, avoiding lots of false positives and empty pictures caused by lighting changes. Conversely, you would disable this feature if you wanted to treat light changes as motion events. For example, perhaps you have a sensor light outside your window, you would want to record when the sensor light turned on, so you set Light Switch Detection to 0%.
Clear and crisp explanation!👏
Glad you liked it
Thanks for this video! I have been looking for a system for my house for a while that was Raspberry based. While there are many, your presentation rose to the top. It would be great to see other various camera hooks up along with the MotionEyeOS software.
thumbs up ! going to try in a few days, thanks
Since you decided to do videos again I decided to subscribe to your channel 😉
Thanks! I couldn't do videos for a while but that's changed and I'm back at it!
Thank you. I will probably need help in installing more cameras and any other interesting features.
the only video ill ever thumbs up. Amazing
Thanks! :)
Hey, thanks for this video. It was very informative and helpful. Happy new year, God bless you and your family always! :)
Thanks for a very comprehensive video... well done. I have watched many other video and none have been so complete and so clearly explained each section. Now have mine setup.
I’m trying to install a camera at an RC flying field so members can see the wind sock and who may be flying. Was hoping to stream live video but we are in a remote area and will try and attach to a someone’s local xfinitywifi router so we will not be able to do “port forwarding" to allow live stream. (can't find any other way to do it). We will just take still pictures at a 5-10 interval and send to Google Drive and then Facebook.
Thanks again
Thank you very much!
Good one. Very happy with MotionEye. I would like to access the System remotely. Still working on that. And need to have the files stored on Dropbox or google drive, for security. Still tweaking the settings. But over all am happy with this. Have two cameras. Hopefully adding two more.
Hey thanks for the video! I see in comment from two years ago you suggest to setup a Dynamic DNS and then forward the port for MotionEyes if you wanted to access the camera remotely, but said you had some other thoughts on it as well. Is this method still what’d you would recommend or do you consider it insecure or less simple than a newer found method? Thanks!
Thanks for your video. MotionEyeOS: I have raspberryPi4 model B. The image doesn't seem to work for this model. Do you have a more recent version? Thank you.
This GitHub release says they added Pi 4 support Sept 11, 2019: github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/releases/tag/20190911
Here's a link to the June 6, 2020 (most recent release) Pi 4 release: github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/releases/download/20200606/motioneyeos-raspberrypi4-20200606.img.xz
I have made an image with the help of your link but it won’t boot. Could it be that my raspberry isn’t compatible? My raspberry is from april 2021. (I am from the Netherlands so it is possible that my english isn’t correct, my apologies for that.)
I have a bunch of old android phones, can I install MotionEyeOS on one of them and accomplish something similar.?
Thank-you. It was very clearly explained. I set up a camera a couple of weeks ago (my first Raspberry Pi project) and was hoping to add a second camera with a Pi Zero 2 W, but I didn't know how to add the wpa_supplicant.config file.
Thanks for the video it really helped me fine tune my settings especially the video format and changing it to avi
Great to hear!
very very helpful
Your tutorial is very good so far, and it has helped me understand precisely what to do. However, I have tried every single image file that could be possibly compatible with my pi and none of them will boot. I've used win imager and the raspberry pi imager for almost every combination of image files to put them on my SD card. However, my Raspberry Pi 3 B +, blinks 4 times slow, and 7 times fast, indicating there is something wrong with the startup files in the SD card. I have no idea what is going on as when I used the official Pi imager to put Raspberry Pi OS on there, it booted up and worked fine. Just MotionEyeOS, and I really want to fix this. Do you have any solutions?
It could be a compatibility issue with the Pi 3B+. I've never tested this on that device.
Iv had a few robberies in my area and the home owners that were robbed said that robbers have been smart enough to take the cctv box. Im thinking of placing a device like this near my cctv box to catch them and have store in a cloud so they cant take it. But one big question is how quickly will it upload in case they turn off the power.
Great walkthrough of the settings!
Awesome! I'm glad it was helpful!
Looking forward to the next video
I get the image onto the card. But when I re-insert it. When 10 wants to reformat the partitions that were created. I’m using the version for the raspberry pi 3B. Any thoughts
Is it possible to connect NVR (with connected cameras to this NVR) instead direct cameras connection to RPI?
Reallu useful, thanks!
Glad to hear that!
Ur video was really descriptive. Looking forward for a video on tensorflow/OpenCV.
Great video, thanks!
You bet!
Excellent presentation! Thanks for sharing.
This is really cool!! Learned a lot!!!
Thanks!!
Do the cameras have to plug in, or can they be wireless? Maybe you explained this and I missed it.
they can be wireless
i can't get the WiFi to work. i am dead sure i got the ssid and WiFi password correct in the .conf file but it only says "no link" on boot up and goes into a boot loop. any ideas why it does not work?
@joe comp i solved it by installing a previous version, setting it up on ethernet then enabling wifi in the web interface . checked that it worked on wifi and then updated to the latest version via the web interface. solved. =)
Hi
I am not able to connect raspberry pi zero to router and I am not getting ip address
Can I use mobile hotspot for this?
Hi! Thanks for the video! I already install it and configured 4 Hikvision IP cameras. There is a way to see the cameras with a monitor attached directly to the RaspberryPi? I am using a Rasperri Pi 3. Thanks in advance
You'll need to access the dashboard on a separate device via your browser
@@DBTechYT Thanks for the answer. Then i ´ll looking for another option, to get all the solution in a single device. Maybe with a Raspian with GUI to use a browser and the app installed on it. I´ll try
Hey man THANKS! Hours looking for a guide to set up motioneyeos.
Glad I could help!
Hello, I did everything right but I can't get the ip address (that's you're supposed to get at 5:48). It failed to set the current
date and time so I thought maybe that was the issue, so I used another microSD card and fixed the date and time. When I tried again but it still failed and I didn't get the ip address. Everything else seems to work just fine but I'm stuck there. Any advice?
Thanks for the video. How can we add network cameras like Hikvision cameras?
Thanks for the idea keep up the good work!!
Thanks
Hi there, excellent job. One question is this setup is compatible with Raspi 4 b?
I believe so
@@DBTechYT Thank you!
@Db tech what camera are you using for this
i will try your wpa_supplicant.conf file and see what happens. I've tried several different ones and none have allowed for a connection to my wifi network. I have a working motioneye when using a RasPi 3 Model B connected to the LAN. But haven't been able to setup motioneye on either Model B or Zero W. What's going on?
i am facing same issue ... did you find any solution?
what are you supposed to do with the raspberry interface at 7:00 ? there is nothing else to do with it ?
Great video. Was up and running in no time. Can you please, please, please expand the how to portion regarding Wireless IP camera's. I'm having a terrible time finding wireless cameras compatible with MotionEyeOS. Most wireless cameras are only compatible with camera manufacturers software, apps etc... Any proven wireless camera model numbers would be VERY helpful. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Generally you can use the Onvif port number and setup as an Onvif cam
thanks for the video. How do I go about saving my recording directly to an external hard drive on a raspberry pi 4 when my motioneye is in a homa assistant in a docker? I have now idea what im doing and this is all so confusing, thanks.
That's an entirely different beast than this video.
Just a note to anyone trying to install MotionEyeOS on a RasPi 4 8GB: it doesn't work. During boot an error is returned saying that "This board requires newer software." I don't know for sure, but I suspect this is because of the 64 bit CPU.
I have installed this on a Pi 4 8GB.
"This product's key features include a high-performance 64-bit quad-core processor" which tells me that you may just need to update your device's firmware to the newest available version.
Thx so much for responding that you've got it running on a Pi4-8GB. I realized that, maybe, part of it is I had the 32 bit version of Raspbian installed. I'm doing it with the 64 bit now. And, I'm watching your Pi4-8GB unboxing & firmware update video now.
Ah. Yeah. The 32-bit OS would most likely be your issue. Best of luck getting it sorted!
@@DBTechYT No luck. With your help I got the firmware updated to 04nov2022, so there's that. Other than that, on boot it just keeps cycling around, saying elf is not compativle and this board requires newer software.
Also, it appears this project may be dying. The latest release is 2 years ago. Maybe better to look at something else. Funny thing is, all I want to do is http stream my 3D printer cameras. I'm not even interested in recording anything; just viewing.
Maybe have a look at something like Octoprint?
hi what camera did you use?
How could i watch the cameras live from a different location and different network? Is it possible to check the cameras from your phone even when not at your house? And can you also require a login for the cameras with remote control? Fairly new to remote control and surveillance cameras so sorry if this is quite noob 😛
That's actually a good question.
There are a few things that you would need.
First, you would want to setup some kind of Dynamic DNS on your router so that you don't have to use your (presumably home) IP address out in the wild. There are several services out there, so be sure to pick on that your router supports.
Once you've got that setup, you'll need to figure out what port your MotionEyeOs is running on. Then you need to setup port forwarding on your router and/or modem depending on your network setup. For instance, I have a modem/router combo that I got from my ISP. I only use it for the modem purposes and have my own router in place. Because of that, I have to login to my modem and forward the port to my router. From there I have to login to my router and setup port forwarding to my Raspberry Pi.
Then you've got a couple of options. You should just be able open a browser and navigate to whatever URL your dynamic DNS setup for you and make sure you're on the right port. For instance something like: customurl.dynamicdns.com:8080
There's also an Android app that I just recently discovered that you would need to setup on your phone. You'd still need to do all of the port forwarding stuff, but you'd have an app you could use instead of just a browser window.
I was actually thinking about doing this exact thing the other day and making a video about it, but the port forwarding portion of things will take me some time to figure out how to explain in a video.
Anyway, I hope this all helps.
great tutorial thank you for sharing
I'm glad the video helped
Hi DB! Gave a like. Will keep up with the support
Thanks!! I appreciate that!!
Hello, I need to have a any configuration. I achieved to into via crhome but I don't see my picamera. I have the picamera in the raspberry pi . thank you
I keep struggling with setting up a wireless Internet connection. I constantly get the same error: brcmfmac. Do you have a solution for me?
- What Raspberry Pi do you have?
- What Version of MotionEyeOS do you have?
- Can you use Ethernet and if does it work?
@@Felix-ve9hs I am having the same issue with a Pi 3b works fine with a wired connection. I also setup up wireless network setting via a wired connection and still no luck
Somehow one of the notepad++ files worked for me finally. Thanks for your help anyways.
I have the same issue with my RPI 4 , I’ve been looking all over to find a solution with no luck at the moment. I haven’t tried wired yet, but I think I’ll need to do that then connect via wireless and hope this works (I’m a noob by the way, not touched RPI’s before or Linux)
@@jerrybomcool I have a 4 as well. I've tried so many times but I can't get the ip address (that's you're supposed to get at 5:47). any advice?
After downloading and preparing everything properly, can I then use a secondary router that isn't connected to the internet at all? Like just pluging the router into the wall-socket without connecting the it to the modem?
I do *NOT* want my security cameras to be on the main network, or even be connected to the same router as my other devices with internet access! Only limiting access to certain MAC-addresses and setting up firewall and various security rules aren't secure enough - I do *NOT* want either the cameras, the router or any device that is viewing the cameras through the network to even being able to *accidently* connect to the internet whatsoever!
Yeah, you could do that
Does the iallow you to capture audio of the video not saw it mentioned on this or other similar videos and a multi Canara setup video would be great. Thanks enjoyed your explanation
It does not capture audio
will a rpi zero w be able to handle frame rate of 30? or should i get a different model for a high frame system?
I would get something a bit more powerful I think
@@DBTechYT is it a good idea to setup cameras with zero's then have a pi4 hub, or would i need more powerful pi per camera?
Hi, is there any possibility that we can use gopro hero 5 black for camera ?
If it's got the option to be an IP camera
@@DBTechYT Thank you
Awesome video thank you
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Nice job making video. I have many cams this would be perfect for.
I didn't notice any ref to RPi-4 and wondering if this would be happy on that.
Kudos for all the info, and great job making it easy for us to understand.
X_Marine/BillyD
This should work on a Pi 4, but the video was created before the Pi 4 was a thing.
@@DBTechYT I understand.
Hey thnx for reply..
X/BillyD..
Thank you.
I have a question i am running a rassbian os on the pi how I could do this without removing the system on the sd card ?? And if i want to connect the data to fire base to open it with application what is your advice for that
You're going to have to remove the sd card. No way around that
I downloaded the version for raspberry pi 3, but when I unzip this using Winzip, I only see one disc image file rather than the separate file that would also include where I would modify country, SSID, and password. What can I do to change this? Will this be a problem in later steps?
You have to download the wpa_supplicant.conf file from the link in the description.
I have twister OS on my pi 400, do I have to reglash for this?
Yes. Or get another pi
I tried wyze cam that supports rtsp stream but the motion eye don’t show an option for adding such camera. It only had two type of camera listed. Can I add support for rtsp stream?
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but I'm going to give it a go anyway. Wyze cameras, by default, don't have RTSP enabled. There is a custom firmware that you can side load that will enable RTSP, though. I've noticed from my own experience that Wyze camera RTSP can be kinda of slow and choppy when streaming through a 3rd party system like MotionEye or iSpy.
How often does it upload photos/videos to google drive? Thanks.
Basically as soon as the file has been created on the Pi
@@DBTechYT Thanks.
Hi,
I'm looking for a img.xz file which is compatible with the raspberry pi zero w.
I can't find one. Does anyone know which one I should use?
I would love to see this done on a docker with Traefik 2. Is this possible? If so, would you be able to create a video?
It can be installed in Docker, so I'm pretty sure it could be installed in Traefik. I'll have to take a look at it and see what I can come up with.
So... After about 20 minutes of messing with things, I've got MotionEye running in Docker and I've got a Wyze camera with a custom RTSP firmware running on it. I had to jump through some hoops, but I got it working. There's a bit of a delay, but, considering what all is going on, I think that's pretty much expected. Definitely going to have to do a video on this very soon!! ( Screenshot as proof: imgur.com/a/iDiw9PW )
@@DBTechYT that's awesome! After doing some research, it seems like Zoneminder might be a better alternative because it has an app with push notifications. It would be great if you can check it out and tell me your opinion.
I remember looking into Zoneminder and there was something i didn't like. I don't remember what, but there was *something*... Might have to look into it again. Hell, maybe I'll make a couple of videos on it :)
Hello, How can watch from internet my raspberry with MotionEye? I open the port 8081 in mi router but I can't watch the camera?your help. Thankyou
You have to forward that port from your modem and router to your Raspberry Pi. Then you should be able to access the stream by going to the IP address from your ISP. If you don't know what it is, go to ipchicken.com
@@DBTechYT, I know mi public IP , my private ip is 192.168.1... i put this in my router. but i donn´t know the public ip's raspberry. ;(
Hey there. Can you help me troubleshoot a camera that won’t show up in Motion Eye OS on a Rasp PI 3? Thank you.
You've given me nothing to work with. You haven't told me about what kind of camera it is. You haven't told me how it hooks up. You haven't told me what things you've tried. You haven't told me literally anything to help me understand your setup.
@@DBTechYT Yes right. Ok I am using Rasp PI 3 with Motion Eye OS. Using an Amazon camera that describes itself as a “Mini Camera” using m-jpeg video coding. Format AVI. MoEyeOs shows an error of “Unable to open video device” MoEyeOs software up to date.
@@DBTechYT Connected cameras by USB. I’ve just tried changing resolution and increasing frame rate, turned off motion detection. No luck.
Thanks for this video - I'm curious if I can do outside cameras. I see that this video is using usb, but if I can get a wireless camera and connect ii to this solution. I'm hoping to get front outside cams as well so if you have any insight that would be helpful as well - thanks again!
This setup can connect to any IP Camera, so as long as you get wireless IP Cameras, you shouldn't have any issues connecting things the way you want
DB Tech which ip cams works fine with raspi3. ?
latest release 20190119 has most of this stuff gone....update video? or should I stick with this version?.....Ive remember seeing all those options when i first took a crack at it but have since dropped it because i got busy but now back at it and it has far fewer control options than this version
update: going through this version your currently on , google drive fails :[
Did you turn on the advanced settings switch in the interface?
@@DBTechYT Hi thanks for the response ....i do have other questions
ok let me start with this I will just get straight to the point
I was having issues with the cams, had advanced settings on, turned on Fast Network Cam, camera issued fixed but lost advanced features (fast network cam disables advanced features)
Ended up reflashing sd with the latest release, no more cam issues did not turn on fast network cam had all settings as shown in video... google works too
my plan have three rasp pi's (two 3+ and one 3) wanted to do multi cam setup
was seeing other people do this with pi zeros as cams and pi 3+ as hub
I don't have zeros nor plan to use them so my setup 3+ & 3 as cam and 3+ as hub
like you, I plan on saving stuff to google drive, cool with stuff being saved on sd card just for kicks
my confusion now lies on the hub ( I have an idea on why its needed for the pi zeros, for the extra horsepower ? correct me if im wrong noob DiY'er here)
So my questions, why is a hub is needed?, do I need the hub if I'm using full-sized pi's?
*side note
for anyone who is doing this and have set their pi up for wireless and assigned a static ip but have the wrong date showing, make sure that your gateway is the correct ( default 192.168.1.1) .....that was my issue did an ipconfing to find out my default gateway, was different than default changed it and fixed the wrong date issue
thanks sorry for the long post, cheers
You don't NEED a hub, but it's good if you want to have one place to login and access all your cameras. You could setup each one and never have any of them work together if you wanted, but the hub is just to have a single access point to see all your cameras. Also, Pi Zeros are MUCH weaker than the 3 is, so there's no "extra horsepower" using zeros over 3 or 3+.
DB Tech do you have a recommended software to view multiple camera streams on one screen remotely? Is motioneye able to do that natively?
great .. I just want to know is it possible to view the camera output in a disaplay connected via HDMI Instead of browser in other PC.
You can if you connect directly to the raspberry pi with a keyboard, mouse, and monitor and login directly
@@DBTechYT can you send the video signal somewhere else like to a CCTV DVR system via bnc?
Not sure honestly. Never tried it
@@DBTechYT So I can't send video outside of the pi?
Great video however when I obtain my key from google for file storage and hit the "Test Service" button nothing happens. Any suggestions?
did you copy and paste the key from the Google page into your Raspberry Pi page?
I copied and pasted it into the field on MotionEyeOs for it. Is that not correct?
That should work
Would my network settings on Motion play a role in it not working?
Maybe. Try connecting to a 2.4Ghz wireless network and see if that helps at all.
The provided wpa_supplicant.conf file does NOT WORK! Google drive does some kind of invisible formatting on the text that the Pi cannot work with.
I created an identical bit of script using notepad and this solved the problem. Copying and Pasting from the provided file will NOT work - write your own word for word and it will.
You're the ONLY one who has had a problem with it and I've had HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of requests for it. You are literally the ONLY one who has complained about it.
@@DBTechYT Oh... yikes :L
Well then I have no idea why it didn't work for me :s
Please accept my apology! I didn't mean to insult you.
what's up with Google in the http? can you change that or leave it blank to avoid having any connections to any companies?
I guess I don't follow your question. Google where with what http?
The wpa_supplement file has to be edited with a program like note++
What flavor of raspberry OS are you using
I am using Hassio..I have installed the motioneye from the store. But it is not seeing the usb camera I have pulled in
Do I have to set anything in the configuration.yaml file .?
I am not the guy to ask about this. I know basically NOTHING about how to add stuff to Hassio
hi! how do i do if i want to have this to watch my 3d printer? im not on same wifi then! thanks for a good video!
You setup a camera that points at your 3D printer. Whatever network your 3D printer is on is completely irrelevant.
I had it working now when I boot it, it says raspim.py not running respawing
Hi DB.
I watch it again.
Set my time zone right.
When I set my IP to static it still changes the time and date stamp to 1969 12/31
I am connected to my home wifi.
Please Help?
I have no idea. I've never run into that issue before. I set my Static IP in my router instead of in the MotionEyeOS interface, though.
Hi, I’ve followed your tutorial on my RPI4 and I’m getting an error when I boot: failed (brcfmac) it also says Wireless: no-link then tried to connect via wired connection and fails due to it not being plugged in. Can you help me please?
I have the same problem . Do you resolve?
@@cesaraliaga6894 yes I did. Install raspion OS and copy the internet file from inside and paste it into the MotioneyeOS. Pretty simple solution, I would tell you what was missing but I haven’t touched it since and have forgotten. But just find the WiFi settings in another OS that you know works and you’ll be fine :)
excelente video, solo me quedo algo pendiente se puede usar fuera de la misma red de la casa.?
Puede acceder a los datos fuera de la red siempre que sepa cómo realizar el reenvío de puertos en su módem y / o enrutador de Internet.
@@DBTechYT hey gracias por tu respuesta y encima en Español. gracias lo de los puertos la verdad no se como se hace si tienes algun link o tutorial te agradeceria mucho. un saludo desde España!
El problema con un tutorial como ese es que cada enrutador y módem son diferentes, por lo que debe encontrar las instrucciones para cada elemento que tenga en su red para determinar cómo configurar el reenvío de puertos.
@@DBTechYT Gracias!!
What hardware is needed to connect multiple cameras to a PC?
Depends on what kind of cameras you're using. If you're using RTSP cameras, you can add several with just the RTSP cameras and 1 Raspberry Pi. If you're using webcams, you can plug as many webcams as you have usb ports. Once you max out your ports, you'll need additional Pis.
I've been able to set up via ethernet cable just fine but I have tried everything with the wpa_supplicant.conf file and haven't been able to boot with it. Every time the starting wpa_supplicant.conf file gets the failed message after I place it on there manually. Interestingly enough it is not saved on the sd card when I pull it out of the Pi 3 B although I am confident I placed it on there after formatting the sd drive. It's as if it's deleted.
The video was super helpful though btw! Thank you!
Then connect via ethernet, open the settings (maybe under advanced settings) and turn on wifi and connect that way
I had the same problem and tried the steps over and over again. Then I switch my network from the 5 Ghz to 2.4 Ghz and this worked. I don't know why it wouldn't work with the 5 Ghz band since the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ is suppose to work with both 2.4 and 5G
Hey db, can I call you db? Anyways, I put this together and when I load it up it seemed like it was running slow and would freeze up. Is there anyway to fix this?
Only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that maybe there's something wrong with your micro SD card? If it has a slow read/write speed, that might also have an impact.
@@DBTechYT ok thank you, I will try another card.
Thanks for the video. I'm currently having trouble. For some reason the video is no longer being sent to my Google drive. I'm fairly new to motioneyeos and raspberrypi an d I haven't been able to figure it out.
Disconnect Google drive and reconnect it
@@DBTechYT Tyvm it's up and running now
flashed to a raspberry pi 3b+, used the modified wpa_supplicant.conf file to match my wifi login. it keeps getting stuck at trying to establish a wired connection and forces it into a boot loop. the raspberry pi 3b+ has a wifi adaptor. can someone help?
The wpa_supplicant file will ONLY run the VERY first time you boot up the Pi with the OS on it. It will not load on subsequent boots. If it doesn't work the first time, you'll have to reinstall MotionEyeOS and try again. OR you can plug in a network cable and log into it that way the first time and the configure the wireless settings once you're logged in while plugged into a wired network.
I try it it’s working but what can i do to access the stream from outside ???!!!
You'll have to do some port forwarding from your modem/router to your device
Using raspberry pi and installing motion eye
if i am using another camera with IP address
what is the limited distance
Depends on where you store the footage. It will he limited to the amount of space on your sd card or dropbox account or wherever you're storing it
@@DBTechYT i mean the distance of my IP camera to raspberry pi
am using a wireless camera
Using raspberry pi and installing motion eye
if i am using another camera with IP address
what is the limited distance from my raspberry pi
That's going to depend on how good your wifi coverage is. Any number of things can affect that. How good your wifi router is will affect the distance of your signal. Multiple walls, or walls made of brick or concrete can affect how far your wifi will go. Also, other 2.4GHz networks in the area may cause interference and affect your wifi. It's just something you'll have to test for yourself. I have no way of knowing all the things that will affect YOUR setup. Test it out and see what you come up with :)
Can this also work for Raspberry Pi 4?
You should be able to find the answer to that in the documentation or the downloads section of the site in the link
Any idea why I can get wifi to work on my pi3b+ using octoprint but not with motioneyeos? Both wpa supplicants are identical yet octoprint works straight away and MEOS keeps stating "no link". I did get it to work on MEOS once but no ip address. So used angry ip scanner to show ips but they did not work! grrrrrr. Funny how you intend to spend an hour setting up motioneye but end up wasting three days. Any help would be welcome.
In that case, I would suggest plugging an ethernet cable into the Pi and then logging into it on a wired connection. Then, you can open the advanced settings and enable/setup the wifi that way.
@@DBTechYT ah I see, I give that a try, thank you for the quick response.
@@DBTechYT I tried what you suggested For me it was "Expert settings" and all it was was to be able to turn on wifi. Which I did and that did not work. Also the wpa supplicant file keeps getting deleted. Again a google search ended up a dead end. Please I do not expect anyone to spend a great deal if any amount of time on this for me. It is something simple I know but not that simple to find:)
The WPA supplicant file will only run on a clean install of MotionEyeOS. After it runs for the first time, the file will be deleted. Once you turn on WiFi in the advanced settings, you should be able to find more settings where you'll put in your SSID and password. Once you do that, the wireless should work.
@@DBTechYT Thanks DB I have lost count the number of fresh installs I have made LOL. And the advanced settings do not have anywhere to enter ssid info except" ssid on/off". (assuming you mean the html page generated by MEOS) After a lot of searching one chap tried installing a previous version of MEOS and updating it once(hopefully)that fixes the problem. I do appreciate you time on this. Please don't give it priority over you great video content to come.