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# Make you own Raspberry Pi Camera Stream
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Create your own live stream from a Raspberry Pi using the Pi camera module. Build your own applications from here.
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## How it works
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The Pi streams the output of the camera module over the web via Flask. Devices connected to the same network would be able to access the camera stream via
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```
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<raspberry_pi_ip:5000>
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```
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## Screenshots
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| Pi Setup | Pi - Live Stream |
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## Preconditions
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* Raspberry Pi 4, 2GB is recommended for optimal performance. However you can use a Pi 3 or older, you may see a increase in latency.
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* Raspberry Pi 4 Camera Module or Pi HQ Camera Module (Newer version)
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* Python 3 recommended.
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## Library dependencies
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Install the following dependencies to create camera stream.
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```
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sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev
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sudo apt-get install libjasper-dev
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sudo apt-get install libqtgui4
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sudo apt-get install libqt4-test
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sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev
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sudo pip3 install flask
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sudo pip3 install numpy
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sudo pip3 install opencv-contrib-python
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sudo pip3 install imutils
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sudo pip3 install opencv-python
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```
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pip3 install opencv-python
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## Step 1 – Cloning Raspberry Pi Camera Stream
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Open up terminal and clone the Camera Stream repo:
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cd /home/pi
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git clone https://github.com/EbenKouao/pi-camera-stream-flask.git
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```
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## Step 2 – Launch Web Stream
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Note: Creating an Autostart of the main.py script is recommended to keep the stream running on bootup.
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```bash cd modules
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sudo python3 /home/pi/pi-camera-stream-flask/main.py
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```
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## Step 3 – Autostart your Pi Stream
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Optional: A good idea is running your Pi Camera stream at Pi boot up. This removes the need to re-run the script every time you want to create the stream.
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You can do this by going adding the boot up code the .bashrc file.
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Via the Desktop GUI - right click in your /home/pi/ directory -> show hidden -> open .bashrc and add the code.
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Or alternatively access via terminal:
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sudo nano /home/pi/.bashrc
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```
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Go the end of the and add the following (from above):
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```
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sudo python3 /home/pi/pi-camera-stream-flask/main.py
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```
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This would cause the following terminal command to auto-start upon Raspberry Pi boot up.
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## Download Beta image of Raspberry Pi Camera Stream
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Any troubles installing, try out the already compiled Raspberry Pi (Raspbian OS) Image of [Raspberry Pi Camera Stream](https://smartbuilds.io).
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