Saturday, November 20, 2010

MJPG-STREAMER Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop

As follows are my notes to install and configure mjpg_streamer.

  1. Verify your camera is identified.
    1. open terminal and type ls -i /dev/video*
    2. you should see at least one device
  2. Download the deb package.
    1. Click open in download dialog box
    2. Select install from package installer window that opens.
  3. In the previously opened terminal type sudo apt-get install libjpeg-progs
  4. Type: apt-get install libjpeg62
  5. Type: sudo depmod -a
  6. Type: sudo modprobe uvcvideo
  7. Type: mjpg_streamer -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video0 -y" -o "output_http.so -p 8090 -w localhost"
  8. Open browser window and enter the address of http://localhost:8090/?action=stream
  9. You should see your video