Hello all, recently I updated my printer (mainsail, moonraker, everything) after being a bit behind on updates, and now my camera just shows a blank grey screen. I haven't updated since about June or so, so would there have been a change to the way webcams are configured in Klipper/Mainsail during this time? I appreciate any help you can provide!
#Troubleshooting Webcam
lyric spear
tall laurel
Do you use UV4L-MJPEG Mode?
lyric spear
No, I had been using MJPEG-Streamer mode. I tried to switch to UV4L-MJPEG just now, and it was still grey. For reference, the camera is a Logitech 270
lyric spear
I attempted that, and it's no longer a light grey at least
Would there be something in a config somewhere that I would need to change possibly?
lyric spear
I did, yes
tall laurel
Did you read the notification in mainsail?
There was a path change
Did you do that?
lyric spear
Ohh, I didn't see a notification for that actually, so I didn't do that
That sounds like it may be the issue
tall laurel
lyric spear
Thank you! I'll give this a shot after my current print is finished running. Should just be a half hour
tall laurel
I am out for dinner, but will respond later on
lyric spear
Alright, no worries!
trim portal
Im having trouble with setting up my webcam. I have a Pi zero 2 set and a cheap webcam that works fine on my pi 4 and 3b+. When i plug it in and reboot it doesnt boot. It just sits there. Im wondering if the camera overwhelms the pi?
What should I have in my webcam.txt
lyric spear
Blake, with the forum layout, its designed that we can each have our own threads instead of jumping into another one, just as a heads up
But as far as my own issue is concerned, I ran the script that you linked @tall laurel , and I still seem to be having the same issue
maiden elk
Hey I have the same issue as you do, what browser are you using?
lyric spear
Firefox
lyric spear
Yeah, I'm still having the same issue. I think it's probably something in my webcam config file
trim portal
Blake, with the forum layout, its designed that we can each have our own threads...
Ok
maiden elk
Yeah, I'm still having the same issue. I think it's probably something in my web...
Do you see any error messages when you press F12 actually?
tall laurel
But as far as my own issue is concerned, I ran the script that you linked <@5844...
Please grab crowsnest.log
lyric spear
This may be my issue, as I did not have Crowsnest before this, and this seems to be something new I'm reading about
maiden elk
Ok then you're issue is different, sorry for hijacking I shall make a new topic. Best of luck
lyric spear
No worries
And thank you
If I have an old webcam.txt file, do I need to delete that?
maiden elk
This might be related for your problem? Came across it while I was searching for solutions: #1043464285138976788 message
lyric spear
I did attempt that, but it still did not work. Thank you, though!
I managed to find my log file at least (which was not showing up in the Mainsail UI for some reason)
I see that it keeps reading ERROR: Start of ustreamer [cam 1] failed!
tall laurel
Ok, please open your crowsbest.conf and set in section crowsnest two things log_level: debug and delete_log: true
After that restart crowsnest and upload new log
lyric spear
tall laurel
[11/19/22 20:22:17] crowsnest: DEBUG: ustreamer [cam 1]: -- ERROR [31.639 main] -- Can't bind HTTP on [127.0.0.1]:8080: Address already in use
lyric spear
I see it's because the address is already in use. Is that because I had the old way installed?
lyric spear
Under the klipper directory?
tall laurel
sudo apt update && sudo apt install lsof
tall laurel
Then run it like mentioned earlier and post output of
lyric spear
Alright
tall laurel
lsof -i:8080
lyric spear
lyric spear
Yeah, I had mentioned that I had the old way installed and updated after a long time. Lemme look up the docs for that
tall laurel
Ok please provide as much infos as you can. Maybe I could develop a script to remove. Normally Crowsnest Installer should ask you for remove.
But if you install it afterwards I cant check for
lyric spear
Ah, yeah, I had mjpg streamer installed before Crowsnest. So I don't know why it didn't ask me about it
But I see there's the folder for it, I'm just trying to figure out if there's relevant files. I'll check Kiauh and see if that might have been how I installed it
Yup, that was what happened. I went through Kiauh to uninstall MJPG Streamer. It has a tool in it that lets you remove it, and I just did that
I'm not sure what script could be used to install it, but that was how I both installed and uninstalled it -- using commands through Kiauh
I just checked the pi directory and mjpg streamer is no longer there
lyric spear
Still a grey screen, but these are the updated logs
Maybe my webcam model is too old?
A Logitech c270
tall laurel
Which mode did you use in mainsail ?
lyric spear
UV4RL just now
tall laurel
Switch to mjpeg
lyric spear
Its bugged
tall laurel
```[cam 1]: -- ERROR [35.403 stream] -- Device does not support setting of HW en...
Ignore that. Thos works on some cams bit will be ignored if it isnt supported by cam
lyric spear
Ahh, ok
I switched to MJPEG and it still is just a grey screen. I do wonder, though, if maybe the camera is just broken
wise light
Just to interject, my similar issue is also a C270 if that helps at all
tall laurel
Refresh browser pls
burnt quest
@lyric spear pls post your webcam settings in mainsail + the url you use to open mainsail
lyric spear
I also use my.mainsail.xyz
But as far as settings, I'm not sure if I posted the right ones here
burnt quest
ok. use a absolute webcam path, when you use my.mainsail.xyz pls
lyric spear
So add my.mainsail.xyz to the path before /webcam/ in both those URLs?
Or my IP address that I used?
maiden elk
IP address
lyric spear
Gotcha
So, I'm not sure why, but just using my IP Address, everything work now. But with my.mainsail.xyz I couldn't get it to work. I think I must have been configuring the URL incorrectly after all that
So I guess I wasn't exactly sure of how to write said absolute webcam path for the printer
Thank you for all your help everyone. This one has been a saga ^^;
maiden elk
The same fix worked for me : )
lyric spear
Awesome!
I guess I should ask, though, how does one exactly configure the exact path, and can it be secured with https:// ?
I was writing it as xxx.xxx.x.xxx.x:port/webcam-path and also tried with https:// and neither worked in my.mainsail.xyz
burnt quest
So, I'm not sure why, but just using my IP Address, everything work now. But wit...
if you use my.mainsail.xyz, you have to change some browser settings to have full access to local network data... i dont recommend to use my.mainsail.xyz any more...
lyric spear
Ahh, alright good to know. I'll have to update my bookmark, then. Thank you
burnt quest
@lyric spear if your issue is fixed, pls close this post