# Raspi Zero, Zero W & 4 MotionEye not detecting MMAL Camera
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/raspi-zero-zero-w-4-motioneye-not-detecting-mmal-camera/25301
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [20 June 2026 18:48 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/raspi-zero-zero-w-4-motioneye-not-detecting-mmal-camera/25301 "2026-06-20T18:48:07Z")
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### Author:  [@smac](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/smac)
#### Post date: [20 June 2026 18:48 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/raspi-zero-zero-w-4-motioneye-not-detecting-mmal-camera/25301/1 "2026-06-20T18:48:07Z")
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### Author:  [@smac](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/smac)
#### Post date: [20 June 2026 18:55 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/raspi-zero-zero-w-4-motioneye-not-detecting-mmal-camera/25301/2 "2026-06-20T18:55:48Z")
| motionEye Version | 0.43.1 |
| --- | --- |
| Motion Version | 4.7. |
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| motionEye Version | 0.43.1 |
| --- | --- |
| Motion Version | 4.7.1 |
| I updated 3 Raspi to latest Dietpi OS and now MotionEye does not see the Board connected cameras | |
| motionEye Version | 0.43.1 |
| --- | --- |
| Motion Version | 4.7.1 |
| OS Version | Linux 6.18.34+rpt-rpi-v8 |
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### Author:  [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [20 June 2026 19:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/raspi-zero-zero-w-4-motioneye-not-detecting-mmal-camera/25301/3 "2026-06-20T19:21:11Z")
MMAL support has been removed with the RPi Linux 6.18 update. You need to use the modern libcamera API, which is toggled in `dietpi-config` display options \> RPi Camera since v10.5.
`motion` however does not support libcamera yet, so you need to use `libcamerify` as wrapper to emulate a regular V4L2 interface on top of libcamera:
```sh
sudo apt install -y libcamera-v4l2 libcamera-tools
sudo sed -Ei 's|^ExecStart=(.*/meyectl)|ExecStart=/usr/bin/libcamerify \1|' /etc/systemd/system/motioneye.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart motioneye
```
Then add the RPi camera as V4L2 camera, the “unicam” from the list.
However, on 32-bit systems, we still face issues (segmentation faults) since latest kernel and libcamera package. Still need to investigate. But on 64-bit above should work fine.
For reference: [Upgrading from 10.3 to 10.4 breaks MotionEye cameras · Issue #8168 · MichaIng/DietPi · GitHub](https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/8168)
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### Author:  [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)
#### Post date: [18 September 2026 19:21 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/raspi-zero-zero-w-4-motioneye-not-detecting-mmal-camera/25301/4 "2026-09-18T19:21:53Z")
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