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Turn your tablet to IP-camera with gstmjpg
gstmjpg has been released. This is a nice piece of software that turns your tablet to remote controlled
IP-camera with motion detection and motion recording features. Short instructions: 1. Install apache from https://garage.maemo.org/projects/apache 2. Install gstmjpg 3. Visit http://x.y.z/webcam.html with the browser where x.y.z is your tablet's IP address. For more information check the README: Works very nicely, easy to install and use. Thank you Seppo for contributing this. -kepler |
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THANKS for this!
I'm sorry if I missed this in the README: Is it possible to view this stream using a browser on a computer not on the same network as the tablet? I can access the menu and stream via my computer which is on the same network, but my wife cannot access these from her work. Obviously it would not be good to give every one on the web access to the menu page, but it'd be awesome to have the choice to give people access to the stream. |
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That's a matter of network configuration; if you're behind a NAT, you'll want a port forward, and she'll have to access the outside address, not the internal...
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Feature request... if not already there. (I haven't had a chance to test it yet.)
Would it be possible to capture and stream audio as well? |
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Works perfectly well. Installation was a breeze, too.
Big thanks to Seppo for some real quality work! |
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Describe your network situation briefly, please, in as much technical detail as you feel comfortable with. I wanna make sure it matches what I was talking about before I dump a load of misguiding info in your direction. ;)
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I installed all those files, and it doesn't work for me. I tried all my IP addresses too. I am on OS2007 and I have an N800.
EDIT: Nevermind, I see this is currently only for OS2008. |
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It worked 'out of the box'. Thanks.
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would the outside address be the ip of your cable/dsl modem? because I port forwarded using ports 2819 and 2820 to my ISP's IP and I cant see a thing. All i get is a blank page.
would the outside address be the ip of your cable/dsl modem? because I port forwarded using ports 2819 and 2820 to my ISP's IP and I cant see a thing. All i get is a blank page. I guess my question here is: My Tablet address is 192.168.1.149 MY ISP IP Address is 68.xx.xxx.xxx Im using a WRT54G router with DD-WRT firmware installed How would you enter and set up Port Forwarding In the NAT Tab? Is this the correct way? Attachment 1730 I guess it really doesnt matter if i blur my ip or not but whatever |
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Then just access with your browser your ISP IP address and you get access to your tablet from outside world also. It's a good idea to define a fixed IP address in your private network for your tablet, so the port forwarding rule will be always valid (your private network may allocate different address to your tablet after some time). When you get it working please post the port forwarding screen shot as an example for others to lear. - kepler |
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after installing apache! There are plenty of instruction on web how to configure apache, but here couple of hints for those who are new to this and want to start run their own server for more than IP camera:
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Excellent kepler!
Attachment 1733 I set both external and internal IP's to forward on 80. THANKS! works like magic. |
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How do you find out your tablets IP address?
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it doesn't harm as your configuration is working. Also it is enough to forward only TCP packets - UDP is not used here, but there is no harm if you forward UDP packets also (apache will ignore them if somebory tries to send UDP packets to your tablet). You can choose TCP, UDP or Both from pull down menu. -kepler |
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Settings -> Connection manager Then from Connection manager menu: Internet connection -> IP address Your ISP IP address you find normally from your router/Access Point addministaration menu as shown on mooler's posting. You may need to do port forwarding as expained above, if your Access point has NAT (Network Address Translation) and you want to have access outside your private network. - kepler |
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Weird... I can connect to the webcam, but only by using the IP address of my router. Am I doing something wrong?
Also ... all I can see is snapshots. No luck at all on live video stream or stored stream. |
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If you don't have luck with video stream, you propably try it with IE browser that requires some extra stuff to play mjpg streams. Try it with Firefox and you see the stream. -kepler |
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FYI, I was just able to get a snapshot from the webcam on my phone! I tried the streming video but it doesn't seem to work, yet. This is really quite cool, to say the least.:p
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i also got a snapshot...but no live video...
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Does the apache install load the web server whenever the N800 boots or is it a "run it when you what it" configuration? I wouldn't want to have a web server always running on the tablet draining the battery.
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Haven't installed but taking a look into the apache deb file says it does.
sudo gainroot update-rc.d remove httpd ^^ should stop it from running at boot. |
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That is just for the apache web server, the gstmjpg package is seperate to it. I'll take a look now at that.
I took a look, gstmjpg runs nothing. I assume running apache starts up gstmjpg automatically. |
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the video stream is working!just try and open the webpage with mozilla :D
http://cdz2008.no-ip.biz/webcamproxy.html |
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Does it bother you that I can stop and start your camera? :D
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nope man :)
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Does it bother you that you got something resembling a slashdotting, on a scale appropriate to your tablet's power?
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how do i remove apache from startup because the method posted above is not working... (something about file not found...)
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update-rc.d httpd remove
Try that. |
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still not working... after the run i get ... exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
i've used -f parameter but the same thing... it worked :D just put the -f parameter before httpd :) update-rc.d -f httpd remove cheers! |
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Hmm, go into /etc/rc2.d folder and find the file that has httpd in it and move it to another folder.
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How to run the apache server manually to use the gstmjpg? :o |
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As root,
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/etc/init.d/httpd start |
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This utility has so many uses, thanks !!! :D
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Easy install (just installed the deb from app mgr/install file).
MS IE doesnt do the motion jpg - so thought I had a problem. Then read the README - and on firefox all is wonderful. Works great! Thanks! |
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To stop apache you can give a command on terminal:
# httpd -k stop To start apache again, give command: # httpd -k start Please feel free to develop a more ergonomic and elegant way do to this. To learn more about apache command line options give: # httpd -h gstmjpg consumes quite heavily cpu, but apache doesn't (if you don't have many visitors on your tablet web). You will see this by giving a command: # top That shows how different processes consume cpu and memory. If you have difficulties with port forwarding to enable access outside your private network (from Internet) to your tablet, you will find good instructions from this site. They provide detailed walkthroughs on how to setup port forwarding in diffrent routers. As a bonus you will see your external IP address from their site. If you visit their site with your tablet browser, you will see the tablets public IP address (that is the address you have to go from Internet to acces your tablet) -kepler |
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Is there anyway to save snapshots using the camera motion detector? So if I leave it pointing somewhere, I can check later for photos when there was movement detected?
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