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Camera Board Documentation

Connecting The Camera

Ensure the Raspberry Pi board is not powered and connect the camera cable as shown:

camera-connection

Setup For Camera Use

Ensure the operating system is up to date by using these two commands:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Then run the config tool:


sudo raspi-config

Select the 'Enable Camera' option and set it to Enabled.

Exit the config tool and after it reboots enter the following command to test the camera:


raspistill -v -o

A preview of the camera should be shown for a few seconds.

Taking A Picture Using Raspistill


raspistill -v -o save_as_filename.jpg

By default captures are done at the highest resolution supported by the sensor.

Options

Show all available Options


raspistill --help

The RaspiCam documentation has a full description of all the options.

Recording Video Using Raspivid

The default size for video recording is 1080p (1920×1080)​

Record a 5 second video clip example:


raspivid -t 5000 -o save_as_filename.h264
Options

Show all available Options


raspivid --help

Recording Audio With Your Videos

We've not had need to do this yet – if anyone's found a good solution please comment below!

Possible solutions:

https://github.com/iizukanao/picam

Other resources

https://hmbd.wordpress.com/2016/08/01/raspberry-pi-video-and-audio-recording-and-streaming-guide/

 

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