This is a fork of https://github.com/jacksonliam/mjpg-streamer, which itself is a fork of http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpg-streamer/ with added support for the Raspberry Pi camera via the input_raspicam plugin. This fork adds support for Basler machine vision cameras via Basler's Pylon software suite / SDK. More information: README.md
mjpg-streamer is a command line application that copies JPEG frames from one or more input plugins to multiple output plugins. It can be used to stream JPEG files over an IP-based network from a webcam to various types of viewers such as Chrome, Firefox, Cambozola, VLC, mplayer, and other software capable of receiving MJPG streams.
It was originally written for embedded devices with very limited resources in terms of RAM and CPU. Its predecessor "uvc_streamer" was created because Linux-UVC compatible cameras directly produce JPEG-data, allowing fast and perfomant M-JPEG streams even from an embedded device running OpenWRT. The input module "input_uvc.so" captures such JPG frames from a connected webcam. mjpg-streamer now supports a variety of different input devices.
WARNING: mjpg-streamer should not be used on untrusted networks! By default, anyone with access to the network that mjpg-streamer is running on will be able to access it.
Input plugins:
- input_file
- input_http
- input_opencv (documentation)
- input_ptp2
- input_pylon (NEW!)
- input_raspicam (documentation)
- input_uvc (documentation)
Output plugins:
- output_file
- output_http (documentation)
output_rtsp(not functional)- output_udp
- output_viewer (documentation)
You must have cmake installed. You will also probably want to have a development version of libjpeg installed. I used libjpeg8-dev. e.g.
sudo apt-get install cmake libjpeg8-dev
To compile input_pylon.so input plugin, you will also need to install and configure Basler Pylon software suite: https://www.baslerweb.com/en/sales-support/downloads/software-downloads/
For instructions, see README.md.
This will build and install all plugins that can be compiled.
cd mjpg-streamer-experimental
make
sudo make install
By default, everything will be compiled in "release" mode. If you wish to compile with debugging symbols enabled, you can do this:
cd mjpg-streamer-experimental
make distclean
make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
sudo make install
There are options available to enable/disable plugins, setup options, etc. This shows the basic steps to enable the experimental HTTP management feature:
cd mjpg-streamer-experimental
mkdir _build
cd _build
cmake -DENABLE_HTTP_MANAGEMENT=ON ..
make
sudo make install
From the mjpeg streamer experimental folder:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.
./mjpg_streamer -o "output_http.so -w ./www" -i "input_pylon.so"
See README.md or the individual plugin's documentation for more details. Also see README.md for setup instructions on Odroid XU4 platform using Basler Pulse USB camera.
mjpg-streamer was originally created by Tom Stöveken, and has received improvements from many collaborators since then. input_pylon.so plugin was created by Finwe Ltd. / Tapani Rantakokko based on Basler's Pylon software suite samples.
mjpg-streamer is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.