# OctoPi camera Stream
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [22 January 2018 20:52 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843 "2018-01-22T20:52:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@keithellis](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/keithellis)
#### Post date: [22 January 2018 20:52 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843/1 "2018-01-22T20:52:45Z")
Hi, I am successfully running OctoPi. I would like to get the camera streaming setup but the settings are not pre-filled in on the OctoPi settings page.
On the OctoPrint [https://octopi.octoprint.org/](https://octopi.octoprint.org/) it states
```nohighlight
If a USB webcam or the Raspberry Pi camera is detected, MJPG-streamer will be started automatically as webcam server. OctoPrint on OctoPi ships with correctly configured stream and snapshot URLs pointing at it. If necessary, you can reach it under http://octopi.local/webcam/?action=stream and SSL respectively, or directly on its configured port 8080: http://octopi.local:8080/?action=stream.
```
Does OctoPi on DietPi come configured to stream the camera, if so, what is the stream URL.
thank you
Keith Ellis
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### Author:  [@keithellis](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/keithellis)
#### Post date: [22 January 2018 20:55 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843/2 "2018-01-22T20:55:41Z")
Actually, someone has just pointed me to this page. Is this something that DietPi could setup automatically?
[https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/wiki/Setup-on-a-Raspberry-Pi-running-Raspbian#webcam](https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/wiki/Setup-on-a-Raspberry-Pi-running-Raspbian#webcam)
Regards,
Keith Ellis
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### Author:  [@WarHawk](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/WarHawk)
#### Post date: [23 January 2018 07:31 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843/3 "2018-01-23T07:31:32Z")
Octopi stream is the IP address of the server
[http://LOCAL.LAN.IP.ADDRESS:8080/?action=stream](http://LOCAL.LAN.IP.ADDRESS:8080/?action=stream) for stream
[http://LOCAL.LAN.IP.ADDRESS:8080/?action=snapshot](http://LOCAL.LAN.IP.ADDRESS:8080/?action=snapshot)
I believe you can change the port it goes out on as well…if you log into octopi as admin, there is a server config tab at the top where you can check/edit/tweak the video capture…I use a Logitech C270 USB as my capture device
Here are a few of my timelapses from octoprint running on a dual core laptop with 2gigs ram
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### Author:  [@keithellis](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/keithellis)
#### Post date: [28 January 2018 00:10 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843/4 "2018-01-28T00:10:50Z")
Yes, that is what I want, but DietPi does not install by default. Can this be an option during the DietPi OctoPi install?
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### Author:  [@WarHawk](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/WarHawk)
#### Post date: [29 January 2018 05:49 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843/5 "2018-01-29T05:49:50Z")
I have to manually start mine each time I reboot…I will post up the command I put in (but have to copy/paste each time) to get it to start
```nohighlight
nohup sudo /home/user1/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental/mjpg_streamer -i "/home/user1/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental/input_uvc.so -y -br auto -cb auto -wb auto -gain auto -q 100 -r SXGA" -o "/home/user1/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental/output_http.so" &
```
I am using a Logitech C270 USB camera on a xubuntu on a desktop install (not sure if that matters)
I suppose I could add that command to the end of the /etc/init.d/octoprint startup script instead of /etc/rc.local
Just did a list of my files in /home/user1/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental/ I have a file called output\_http.so -p 8080 chmodded as 744 under user1:user1 so maybe that is the file that tells it what port to output the http stream on…so create a file with whatever port you want and try that
There are some dependencies that need to be met first…not installed “automatically” I believe…check your octoprint install directory
[https://www.acmesystems.it/video\_streaming](https://www.acmesystems.it/video_streaming)
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### Author:  [@WarHawk](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/WarHawk)
#### Post date: [29 January 2018 23:04 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843/6 "2018-01-29T23:04:35Z")
just added that code to the end of the /etc/init.d/octoprint file, it does work…it starts, however it will not kill it if I do service octoprint restart…so I either manually have to find the pid and kill it then service octoprint restart or reboot the machine
I also changed the SXGA to just XGA, the resolution in video streaming was so laggy in the ultra high resolution…much more snappy now
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### Author:  [@keithellis](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/keithellis)
#### Post date: [1 February 2018 11:34 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843/7 "2018-02-01T11:34:45Z")
> [@WarHawk](#):
>
> just added that code to the end of the /etc/init.d/octoprint file, it does work…it starts, however it will not kill it if I do service octoprint restart…so I either manually have to find the pid and kill it then service octoprint restart or reboot the machine
>
> I also changed the SXGA to just XGA, the resolution in video streaming was so laggy in the ultra high resolution…much more snappy now
I have a feeleing you did not install OctoPi using DietPi. is this correct?
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### Author:  [@WarHawk](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/WarHawk)
#### Post date: [2 February 2018 05:02 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/octopi-camera-stream/1843/8 "2018-02-02T05:02:56Z")
> [@keithellis](#):
>
> > [@WarHawk](#):
> >
> > just added that code to the end of the /etc/init.d/octoprint file, it does work…it starts, however it will not kill it if I do service octoprint restart…so I either manually have to find the pid and kill it then service octoprint restart or reboot the machine
> >
> > I also changed the SXGA to just XGA, the resolution in video streaming was so laggy in the ultra high resolution…much more snappy now
>
> I have a feeleing you did not install OctoPi using DietPi. is this correct?
Yes…it’s on an old busted screen dual core laptop with 2gigs RAM and running xubuntu
I followed this walkthru
> **[Home](https://github.com/OctoPrint/OctoPrint/wiki/)**
>
> OctoPrint is the snappy web interface for your 3D printer! - OctoPrint/OctoPrint
I added a sudoer user called user1 using this walkthru
> **[How To Create a Sudo User on Ubuntu \[Quickstart\] | DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-ubuntu-quickstart)**
>
> The sudo command provides a mechanism for granting administrator privileges, ordinarily only available to the root user, to normal users. This guide will sho…
Might be easier to install python with dietpi install script