Raspberry pi zero motion unable to open video device. However, I'm currently unable to access it through other software applications. Is the ZeroCam compatible with MotionEyeOS? Dec 30, 2023 · Hi Andrew, The board I currently have is the Pi Zero 2w with the camera module v3 wide. Jul 13, 2024 · Motion then appears to run, I can open the web page, but when I open camera1 it says "UNABLE TO OPEN VIDEO DEVICE" This was installed from the Raspi distro but I have also tried downloading and installing bookworm_motion_4. 1. I think the problem is that motion couldn't send the camera's data and there is problem with the settings of the camera and motion. How can I overcome this problem? I also did what you said and the status is Aug 24, 2024 · I used that code but, it doesn't work. 104:8081 i only got gray screen saying "Unable to open video device" Web cam is working (checked it on windows) Raspi detects it Oct 22, 2023 · I connected a ribbon cable webcam to my Raspberry Pi running the Bookworm release of Linux, and while /dev/video0 isn't functioning as expected, I've verified that the camera works properly using the libcamera-hello utility. I can connect myself to Motioneye, but, when I add the camera (USB), I see a grey screen with "unable to open the video device" I tried to use MotioneyeOS, to check if the problem is du to the webcam, but there is no problem Can you help me to use my webcam with Motioneye please ? Sep 10, 2019 · When I test my ZeroCam from PiHut with raspian and raspistill it's working. 15. 197/ But i don't get al picture, just a grey square saying "unable to open video device" When i open the IP adres in a browser, i get the webinterface of the Sony SNC-DH240T cam with a picture. And Jun 2, 2016 · I had the similar problem but I used USB webcam and got the same screen "Unable to open video device and grey screen". Log says: Mar 27, 2025 · Motion tries to use the old v4l2 camera interface, but Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm uses the libcamera interface. 5. only 1 camera pluged in, but /dev shows 2 video deviecs? <- (part of the problem?) It fails to open either…. If I’ve missed out any important info, please let me know. jpg takes a picture). Aug 24, 2024 · I used that code but, it doesn't work. I tried to add my IP cam. Pi says it is running but I can't connect with my computer. 61-v8+ #1579, Raspberry camera; all apps updated to current versions). I tried: pi@octopi:~ $ ls /dev/video* pi@octopi:~ $ /dev/video0 I can also take pictures with fswebcam so Jul 22, 2022 · Ich benutze einen Raspberry Pi Zero und versuche über die csi-Schnittstelle einen Stream für mein lokales Netzwerk zu erstellen. I managed to get into the setup sc Mar 2, 2019 · Hi everyone, I am using a raspberry pi 3 with the lastest version of raspbian which is: - Raspbian Stretch with desktop and recommended software - Version:November 2018 - Release date:2018-11-13 - Kernel version:4. 1-1_arm64 with similar results. Would you mind sharing your build specs as well as camera settings and any other steps I might be missing Mar 4, 2014 · But despite configuring the various work-arounds, I have not been able to get motion to work on Bullseye in my prototyping environment (Pi Zero 2 W, Bullseye 5. On boot this is working quite fine but sometimes i need to take a picture and send it by mail. I used the Raspberry Pi 3 image of the Jawsper build of MotionEyeOS but the camera displayed “Unable to open video device” both when I selected mmal camera and the v…something something camera. Hello, I try to install Motioneye on my Raspberry pi 3. log file: Jun 18, 2018 · Hi I can't set up motion to work When i open 192. May 11, 2022 · Upped the resolution to 1024x768 The interface hung & I was unable to Putty onto the Pi Zero W Rebooted the Pi Zero W Logged back into the MotionEye web interface Video window was showing a grey screen saying “Unable to open video device” I tried reducing the resolution back to 640x48 (and even options below) but it still shows the grey screen Nov 17, 2018 · It was working with generic config. Jun 12, 2020 · Hi I have had ME running on my Pi for about 2-3 years with no problem. jpg in destination folder, so camer is somehow working, but it's not working as intended. On bullseye i have "Unable to open video device" message in gray window where picture should be. I see these lines in the messages-1. Sep 28, 2023 · Motion: unable to open video device 3 posts • Page 1 of 1 Glorfindel007 Posts: 11 Joined: Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:21 pm Feb 9, 2018 · I start motion and get the grey screen with the embedded text "Unable to open video device since" and the time the motion service was started. 14 and i´m trying to use it with the NOir Camera V2, in streaming video. I ended up with the conclusion that this is due to the naming in /dev/ (video0, video1, video2, video3, …) Raspberry Pi: Motion: Unable to open device Helpful? Jul 25, 2022 · I´m using raspberry pi zero and im trying to create a stream for my local network using the csi-interface. Can someone help me with this? Aug 16, 2023 · The image is meant to be a lightweight and compact setup just for running MotionEye on a limited resource device such as the earlier Raspberry Pis or Pi Zeroes, nothing more. I just installed motion on my Raspberry Pi 3 with the Raspbian distro, the software seems to work fine. i have done the usual settings: expand, update, upgrade, activate the camera in the raspberry, etc. Mar 18, 2020 · I connected it to a raspberry pi zero w loaded with latest version of motioneyeos, (that was previously working just fine with a generic webcam), and it can't seem to open the new video device. How can I overcome this problem? I also did what you said and the status is I can access the web interface but get a grey screen then saying "Unable to open device". The camera works fine otherwise. You can get around that by starting motion with libcamerify which adds a translation layer to the interface. However, I can't see any image from the local camera. I thought it might be the camera's problem and I tested my camera. Apr 18, 2020 · I had this issue while setting up two webcams with a Raspberry Pi and Motion. Aug 25, 2024 · I used that code but, it doesn't work. Beim Booten funktioniert das ganz gut, aber manchmal muss/möche ich ein Bild machen und es per Mail verschicken. I checked the log of motion and this is Jun 6, 2017 · Because I have the same problem with two different Raspberry Pi's and two different Camera Modules, I guess that there is some kind of configuration error. It works. So the camera does function. May 25, 2018 · When opening the browser at :8081 it shows a grey image with timestamps and "unable to open video device" I found a proper . Anyone an idea? Apr 12, 2016 · 6 Problem Solved!! What I did was: 1) Removed Motion from Raspberry Pi using sudo apt-get --purge remove motion 2) Disabled Raspberry Pi Camera in raspi-config and rebooted the Pi 3) Installed fswebcam using sudo apt-get install fswebcam 4) Tried capturing a photo with it using fswebcam -r 640x480 --no-banner image3. 6. 178. 168. It connects when I use this: rtsp://192. How can I overcome this problem? I also did what you said and the status is Jan 10, 2025 · Extra details Tapo TC70 camera (already connected in network with the app) rtsp url working on VLC media player with live camera Already used TCP and UDP (lower resolution as 1080p) and also used /stream2 for lower quality, all not working with MotionEye All packages up to date Joulinar 10 January 2025 19:38 2 hArDsTyLe: MotionEye Using Gigaware 25-157 Webcam With Mic. 0-1_arm64 and bookworm_motion_4. May 11, 2022 · Video window was showing a grey screen saying “Unable to open video device” I tried reducing the resolution back to 640x48 (and even options below) but it still shows the grey screen Tried rebooting again – still the same Please tell me how I can revive the connection to the camera. I uninstalled RPI webcam interface and installed fswebcam and ffmpeg and started the motion and it worked. (raspistill -o image. How can I overcome this problem? I also did what you said and the status is Oct 18, 2019 · I've succesfully installed MotioEye on mij Pi 3B. jpg 5) It worked!! Aug 24, 2024 · I used that code but, it doesn't work. Not long ago it just stopped working so today I burned another fresh image and fired it up. With MotionEyeOS all I get is a spinning symbol, no picture. mvrpg doqzi 2o0ro 0e al7ah biz0 sam wziw ys w1axjj