This is a script that starts mjpg-streamer in a screen session with the appropriate commands. This is useful for launching mjpg streamer from init scripts.
This script is set up to use a Video4Linux (V4L) USB Video Class (UVC) camera and to stream its video output over HTTP though the MJPEG protocol.
Included is also a simple web UI that lets you view either the MJPEG live stream or a still frame as JPEG.
- GNU Screen: https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
- MJPG Streamer: mjpg-streamer
Use the instructions from the mjpg-streamer repository to compile and install mjpg_streamer for your platform/architecture.
The stream.sh script can take 3 commands as command line arguments:
start- Starts MJPG Streamer in a new screen sessionstops- Stops an active MJPG Streamer sessionattach- Attaches current terminal to MJPG Streamer session, useful to view logs and errors
They are given as the first and only command line argument to the script, like this: ./stream.sh [start|stop|attach].
Configuration for the script is stored in the config.sh file that is loaded from the directory that holds the script.
A sample configuration file config.sample.sh is included, with explanations in comments for each parameter.
This script is set up to use a Video4Linux (V4L) USB Video Class (UVC) camera and to stream its video output over HTTP though the MJPEG protocol. This is the only setup I have tested.
The script can be adjusted for other setups, like Raspberry Pi cameras, by modifying the parameters to the input and output plugin in the script files.
The default configurations are:
INPUT_PLUGIN="$BIN_DIR/input_uvc.so -d /dev/v4l/by-id/$CAMERA_ID -r $CAMERA_RES"
OUTPUT_PLUGIN="$BIN_DIR/output_http.so -p $WEB_PORT -w $WEB_ROOT"