Pi 5 Webcam Issues

[sturdy plover]

I keep having issues trying to add a camera to fluidd ever since switching from BTT-Pi to Pi 5. I have plugged the camera in and added it on fluidd and it will not pull up. I also tried installing crowsnest via KIAUH (i had it installed on my BTTpi) but that did not fix it either.

[long compass]

What does your crowsnest.conf look like and have you ssh'd into the MCU to see what the address of the camera is?

You have to add the camera correctly into the crowsnest.conf before you add it to Fluidd or Mainsail.

ssh into your pi5 and type this command:

~/crowsnest/tools/dev-helper.sh -c

You should get this result:

You can use either the /dev/video# or the /dev/v4l/by-id address but if you do you want the one at index0

and then add it to your crowsnest.conf:

Since you have an actual Pi you can use either ustreamer or camera-streamer modes. It's in the conf file

I just recently added a second cam to my first machine because I couldn't see how much filament I had left:

[sturdy plover]

Idk what to change here

I still cannot figure it out

[long compass]

One sec

[sturdy plover]

the webcam works, i plugged it into my laptop. It also worked on my BTT-pi

[long compass]

Can you send your crowsnest.conf or a screenshot of it?

[sturdy plover]

its the default config from KIAUH

Ran this, i found it in a reddit thread. Interested in the last couple lines of the output....

cd ~/crowsnest
sudo systemctl stop crowsnest.service
make buildclean build
sudo systemctl start crowsnest.service

make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/crowsnest/bin/ustreamer/src'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/crowsnest/bin/ustreamer'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/crowsnest/bin/ustreamer'
Build 'ustreamer' ... [SUCCESS]
'/home/pi/crowsnest/bin/camera-streamer' does not exist! Build skipped ... [WARN]
pi@raspberry

that didnt fix it

[long compass]

And just to be clear, after you plugged in the camera did you power down and restart the printer? Not just restarted the firmware?

[sturdy plover]

yes

[long compass]

And for fluidd, did you set up the webcam.txt file?

[sturdy plover]

I used a crowsnest.cfg

[long compass]

#1 can I see that file? and #2 have you tried camera-streamer mode?

OH since you have a Pi, have you ssh'd into the Pi and tried editing the crowsnest.conf in the pi/klipper_config folder?

[long compass]

I keep forgetting crownest doesn't use the webcam.txt file anymore. It's an old mental carryover from when I was using a Sonic Pad... 😆

[sturdy plover]

no i haven’t

[long compass]

Any luck?

[sturdy plover]

I swapped my BTT-pi in and camera works as it should, but i am having klipperscreen issues (see my other thread #1215045394380361748 )

Pi 5 Webcam Issues

[long compass]

Question, when you built this machine did you start with a CB1 and then switched to Pi?

[sturdy plover]

Yes

I have swapped between the 2 multiple times

i used to run all 3 merc’s off of one Pi4b😂

[sturdy plover]

@long compass I set up klipper on my pi4 and it works perfect with camera and screen and everything. Guess i am switching back to pi4

[long compass]

So weird but I'm glad it works now sort of

[sturdy plover]

nevermind, same internet issue

I am going to BTT-pi with TFT35 SPI screen i guess

it has nice wifi antenna so always connects

[long compass]

Well if you start having ghost input issues on the tft35, let me know

[sturdy plover]

is that a common issue?