Raspberry Pi Zero W Surveillance Camera
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- Wireless surveillance camera created using motionEyeOS, a Raspberry Pi Zero W, and a Zero Cam camera - all powered via a USB power bank!
This is the second video in my “Pi Zero Projects” series - the first episode is here: • Raspberry Pi Zero Hams...
The video in which I tested out the best micro SD cards to use on a Raspberry Pi or other SBCs is here: • Top SBC Micro SD Card ...
Links to items used in this video are as follows (note that none of these are affiliate links, and that I have no association with any of the retailers).
Raspberry Pi Zero W on Pimoroni (UK): shop.pimoroni.com/products/ra... and on Adafruit (US): www.adafruit.com/product/3400
PiBow Zero W case on Adafruit (US): www.adafruit.com/product/3471 and on
Pimoroni (UK): shop.pimoroni.com/products/pi...
ZeroCam Camera for Raspberry Pi Zero at The Pi Hut (UK):
thepihut.com/products/zerocam...
Very similar Zero Spy Camera for Raspberry Pi Zero on Adafruit (US): www.adafruit.com/product/3508
MotionEyeOS Github pages: github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeo...
WiFi Country codes can be found on this page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_316...
Etcher can be downloaded here: www.balena.io/etcher/
Angry IP Scanner scan be downloaded here: angryip.org/
More videos on SBCs, and broader computing topics, can be found at:
/ explainingcomputers
You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: / explainingthefuture
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I did something similar with a cheap USB webcam and a Pi 3B+ to prove to my neighbour it was not our cat tearing up her garden.
Who was then?
I dont need sleep..... I need answers
This is driving me nuts Nuts
I’m betting it was an armadillo or someone else’s pet.
@@markconger8049 meybe squirels
Setting up a camera pointing at your fridge is a great way to catch a cereal killer.
Ring ring, "Hello is your fridge running?" - "Let me check my Raspberry pi cam... No it's resting quite comfortably thank you!"
:)
sat there chillin out more like
lol
So far, I've watched about 36 minutes of video, and now I know exactly how to build a wireless surveillance camera and a network attached storage device around a Raspberry Pi. Amazing tutorials.
Thanks for watching!
15:45 Cereal killer caught on surveillance tape, 2020 colorized
The judge said he would consider the fact that he didn't harm any carrots.
*"no pun intended"*
Great introduction to using the Raspberry Pi Zero W as a security camera using a camera design for Raspberry Pi Zero W. Your instruction are, as always, clear and well structured. Keep up the good work and I am looking forward to your video on the Raspberry Pi 8 GB version.
16:28 - 16:44 Only he could narrate a trip to the kitchen and make it entertaining
and call bran flakes exciting and genuinely mean it
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I'm gonna commit a war crime and like
Chris seriously missed his calling, he would make an excellant stand up comedian...
Hahaha yeah
Clear and concise. Full focus on the subject. No distteactions. Thank you for a quality video!
I find your videos very relaxing. I feel like I learn things without actually having to make any effort. I'm not struggling to hear over a thrash soundtrack or spinning my head around to keep track of an epileptic mouse pointer. If only all videos were like this!
And the Oscar goes to.... Christopher Barnatt for "The thief"!
Always look forward to these videos every Sunday. As a person who has worked in I.T. for 22 years I often find something new to learn here. Thanks again.
I just love seeing all these projects, Thank you.
One neat feature of MotionEyeOS is that you can set a camera to be a "Simple MPEG" camera which will purely stream to another computer that can do the motion detection. That way the PiZero doesn't have the CPU overhead of running the motion daemon (and thus improve the framerate). Look for the "fast network camera" option in expert settings. I've been using this for years, expanding my coverage as I go. I'm currently running a combination of 3x ZeroW and a 3A+ as cameras but with a Pi4 (2GB) running MotionEyeOS as a central "controller" (doing the motion detection). I'm still juggling Pis and configurations to get better framerates but it's all good fun!
Very useful info, thanks for sharing.
Would a "ROCK PI 4 Model C" help out, since it does support M.2 SSD.
@@Sup_D I think the bottleneck is CPU (for motion) rather than disk IO. I have my 4 Pis recording to an SSD connected directly to my router as a NAS drive.
@@IanHodgetts Very interesting. We live in Florida and thinking of building a Pi Zero wifi-cam for our first surveillance project. Wondering if the Pi Zero will stand up in the heat if we use it outdoors?
I can't keep up with these projects. Interesting and marvellous as ever. Thank you.
The only channel I disable my Adblock for. Amazing content!
It's always great knowing every Sunday I'll get another great video from you.
As always a great project. Thank you Chris.
Could have used this in my shared kitchen dorm days
Wonderful project Chris! It's fired my enthusiasm for the Zero W again
Very cool! Loved the storm trooper on the frig. its about time he had some backup, now he can take a much needed break. Loved the vid, Thank You.
We learn a lot from these videos such as in this one how to set up a Rasp Pi Zero to be a security camera but also what cereal Chris likes!
Proud to be your subscriber. Greetings from INDIA. I wait your every post and never to miss them.Your tutorials are unique and I have been learn a lot of them. I am lucky to purchased RPI ZERO-W in here INDIA because it's hard to find it usually. The camera you used is out off stock before lockdown in country. It's the worst situations in the world due to COVID-19 . May God blessed and relieve the whole humanity ASAP !!! AAMEEN!!
Thanks for this. Glad you've got a Pi Zero W. :)
Hi Christopher, good of you to upload this.
Your humour is quite witty, and entertaining. Lovely video, simple and informative.
Christopher, some things I would like you to cover:
* insert text into the video stream such as time, date, camera number, etc.
* alert us that the motion detection has "seen" something happen via a Google smart speaker or popping up a message on one or more of our television sets
* show the motion activated video on our television sets
The reason I am interested in these capabilities is that I have an 84 year old widow friend who is often bed ridden and can't see what is happening outside her house or at her front door. If something happens outside her house while she is watching TV, she would be immediately notified and could see what the camera caught.
Thank you.
Having used this exact setup for a while here are my thoughts: it does the job, it's quite usable if you just want pictures when motion is detected. If you want videos forget about it. If you're going to employ more than one of these a good solution is to have a full pi running as an NVR and the Pi zeros just running an rtsp or mjpeg streaming server with nothing else. Even so, you'll get better performance if you use Shinobi instread of motioneye for more than 2 cameras since motioneye recodes the video and shinobi can just copy it. Both have motion detect, recording etc. The pi zero is barely enough for the setup presented, you'll get broken videos, low fps etc.
Can you please explain or link a tutorial on how to set up Pi Zero to make pictures when motion is detected?
I plan to use it to track who is picking items from my postbox.
Also, will Pi 1 or 2, I mean, those on cheaper side, be enough for video?
Setup of 2 pi's is absolutely out of my league, I'm a newbie who can't even setup screensaver properly in Ubuntu.
If a pi zero would record only to SD card? without network connectivity? Would it cut it?
Thanks for the heads up re Shinobi. Looks the bees knees. Ta
You know you are watching a British YT channel when they say, "these are not my actual WiFi details".. loved it 🙌😊
My mind is now racing to explore the potential applications for this setup. I love it when that happens. Thanks for another enlightening video! Love it!
Ah, this is what TH-cam is about. :)
Love this series!
Thanks.
I remember when if you wanted a single board computer to mess with, you bought a router like the WL-520GU and used that.
Super excited for the Pirate Headphone Amp, Chris. I’ve had that project on my “todo list” for years, your video might give me the kick I need to get it done!
on my list too dB lol
Another great video from you Christopher, your explanations are as always detailed yet you make them easy to follow. Thank you for the video guide it will help me make a surveillance cam to keep a checkup on my pet when I’m out.
We've 8 cameras based on Pi-Zero-W's around the house, all set up as simple-MPEG-streaming cameras (so no in-camera recording) and a Core-i5 based headless NUC running MotionEYE on Linux Mint as a server, which does all the motion detecting, storage, data management etc. automatically. It's been running now for almost 3 years and hasn't missed a beat, is extensively configurable, can be accessed remotely via a single open port on our router and is completely self-contained - ie. doesn't need a phone app or login to some Chinese server to operate or configure. Also, since the cameras use standard RTSP streams, we can watch a single camera from an iPad using any webcam app if we want to watch for, say, the mail-man or visitors in our driveway in real-time - without involving the server... All in all, a very slick system..
Great to hear of these Pi's in action!
Hello, which cameras are you using based on the Pi-Zero W's ?
Clear instructions as usual thanks. Would be really useful to show how to set up a solar powered version
Another cool video! I love the videos where you make stuff.
Your videos are so good. Thanks for the effort you put into these.
Aha, now we know why carrots and cereals are disappearing from the kitchen. As a witness, RPI Zero is called to the testimony :)) Great project and simply explained(computers).
Great vid again Would this work from a mobile phone hotspot ,if there was no home broadband,? and how far does the camera see , cud I see my driveway from a bedroom window quite clear,or is it not strong enough,I don't expect much distance just a estimate
I have had two of these setup for a couple of years now and find them excellent. Both are set to 1024 x 768 and give a very clear image during daylight hours. Motion detection is a little hit and miss even with a surveillance mask set but timed jpg images work great too
Really excellent Chris. As others have mentioned, you can go quick and dirty with this setup, or expand on it for more than one camera, etc... As usual, RPi takes the project cost down while bringing the quality to good standard. Thanks for another great video.
Yess. I think Its the best idea to make a project while stay at home. Thanks Mr. Barnatt 🙏🏻
Perfect. 👌🏻
Fast and simple solution for home security and more. Small, can be hidden.
And a way to discover how Leo is opening doors around, especially fridge door to steal treats and working room door to sneak in where I find him often curled up between my machines.
Greetings Chris, I hope you are doing well and staying safe. 👋🏻
Hi Elvira, I am keeping well, and I hope that you are too. :)
"Let's go and get started" I wasn't ready for this curveball.
Great stuff, gonna give this a go, great fun and learning., getting us all through lockdown. Thank you Chris.
This is an excellent low-cost surveillance tool for the Condo Security Officer to use in my apartment complex. We already have a few dozen wired cameras, but this will make hundreds more cheap to install. I think I'll let the Condo Board know about this product on Monday. Washing machine overstuffers beware!
Next video: "The Secret Life of Mr. Scissors". Seen here in surveillance footage, his tryst with Cling Film makes for gripping viewing.
I hope Kellogg’s pay well for the product placement 😂
Yes, I should now I hope receive 100 boxes of All Bran.
LoL xD
100 boxes.. of All Bran? Jesus Chris your videos are regular enough already!
Very interesting! I can't wait for the next project too
Just successfully built a ryzen3 gaming computer for my daughter using your videos with virtually no prior knowledge of how to do it . Absolutely no problems at all. Thank you so much for being clear and slow with your instructions unlike all the other coffee fuelled wiz kids that waste so much of the ley persons time on youtube. I watch many of your vids for just that reason. I think you help many people to understand this stuff. We do have brains just not those of the intolerant Mensa heroes that clog the airwaves. You have my full support. 👍🏼✌🏻
Thanks for this. Great to hear that you've built your daughter a Ryzen PC. I hope that you enjoyed building it, and she enjoys using it! :)
The hamster can no longer steal from the fridge sneakily
Yes, Hammy will have to go back to waiting for his nuts to drop.
My experience with that kind of motion detection is that it constantly triggers on changing light. I think you'd be much better off using a PIR for triggering.
This is a really good sunday afternoon project, thanks Chris
Glad I found this channel! Your videos are so good!
Many thanks. :)
I tried a similar setup with the pi camera module. In the end a second hand android phone was cheaper, more flexible (as it could switch to battery power and 3G/4G data automatically) and could handle 1080p effortlessly.
And the IP camera would be even more cheaper
There is a link on how this is done?
For those days where you come downstairs in the morning and realise your fridge has made a run for it. I've lost count of the number of times my fridge has escaped while I was sleeping. Cunning little blighters. 😁
So true.
Fun project Chris, greatly looking forward to the next one!
Thanks Chris.
thank you so much for the video sir. love it. keep uploading! i really appreciate it.
As always interesting. But I don't like WiFi for important surveillance - simply too easy to jam. I would use a pi with wired LAN.
I'm pretty certain that your wpa_supplicant file was saved with Windows line endings, because it said so in the bottom right corner of the window. It's likely the Linux code reading it is more tolerant of Windows line endings. Notepad would have assumed Windows line endings because the file was empty.
As far as I am aware, the only thing that has changed is Notepad itself. The instructions for motionEyeOS on GitHub (which pre-date the revised version of Notepad) say that files saved with Notepad will not work. But they certainly do now (I did the install clean three times to be certain). You may be right that motionEyeOS has been upgraded to be more tolerant, but I have no info on that.
You have no save options
Thank you so much for the help with the Zero. Your video has been super helpful and informative. Spent many hours trying to make it work with raspian, to no avail and many permissions denied with motion and ffserver. This is easy and super accessible. Thanks very much.
Great to hear!
I set up two of these some time back. One regular, one IR. Motioneye is great software. It wasn't shown but you can static IP on the config screen, send the files to a network share etc. Great stuff.
...now I can prove to my wife's doctor why she is not losing weight...😎
:)
Oh that is quite devilish :P
You mean your future ex-wife? I’m sure you do...
finally i can know who eats my ice cream.
Keep up the good work man. You just simplified everything I wanted to know about computers for me (not really related to the video but eh, still wanted to thank you).
Thanks for watching! :)
Very well explained. I wish I've seen this video before Christmas
Have you managed to get your hands on the new Pi4 8GB?
the WHAT
I have. I'll feature it in a video soon. We've been having a bit chat about it in the ExplainingComputers community tab here: th-cam.com/users/postUgwXM_pYsmlJD2lu_CV4AaABCQ
Just when I'd given up hope of finding scientific proof that Bran Flakes were tastier than carrots.
Yesterday, I really thought of buying a Pimoroni Pirate Audio Headphone Amp and combining Mopidy Music Server with it. Today You Announced it as your next project. that is Wonderful!. You are really reading the viewers mind. Appreciate that.
Looking forward to the next project! I've been using Raspberry Pis as video player devices for a while now, but I have a Pi Zero HW lying in a box without a use (couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with it), so making it into a potentially portable media device is suddenly appealing.
Fridge Films 10: The re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-opening
:)
So this is the secret of your slim waist? Carrots and whole cereals. Makes sense.
What molecules are in Carrots and 'Whole' Wheats? How do they impact gene expression and protein synthesis?
@@Millzie-wf1ql They contain the recently discovered 'Barnatt' boson, often referred to as "Gods diet pill". These interact with the Calorific Quark particles in your body to produce an inter-dimensional energy exchange, whereby someone else, somewhere in the multiverse, gets fat instead of you. This is referred to as the Universal Mr Anti-Scissors paradigm... because you don't have to cut anything out of your diet. I can fill you in on all the specific details, for a small fee. 😁
LOL "Slim waist"
That looked like fun. Something to place on my Pi bucket list.
Awesome as always. Thank you Sir!
Old phrase: between a rock and a hard place.
New phrase: between carrots and all bran.
Bran Flakes, well I never. I had you down as a Sugar Puff man.
That would be some time ago . . .
same
i had some sugar puffs a while ago...the sugar police have ruined them
Great little project, works well just exploring are the available setting.
Great project as always
Thanks for sharing😀
Waiting for the raspberry pi 4 8gb video :)
First! and just what I wanted to do as well!
Hi Leslie -- so, so close! Second, and a silver medal is still very shiny.
This looks great. Looking forward to seeing that media player.
Thanks, Mr. Chris.
Excellent video, Sir! This got me thinking to replace my ancient D-link doorway camera with a Pi. The D-link is seriously old and low res. And the Pi will take up far less space as well. Nice one!
Why in the hell didn't the develope the "shipping case" of that tiny cam into a re-useable pi zero case for that particular cam?
Would make much more sense then to throw the plastic in the garbage.
I totally agree.
Totally. My enthusiasm for getting that particular cam tanked when I saw the ill considered box.
That's the same password I use on my luggage!
very simple explanation , well narrated thank you.
Good video Chris on a practical use of a RP, I have a similar set up using the very inexpensive "Wyze" cameras, which also have sound.
Now I can figure out which family members make a mess while feeding the cats. When I ask no one splattered while opening the food bags, no one leaves them lying around.... 😉🙄At least the cats feed them self ill see on the movies.
Someone call the police for Chris! Someone stole his bran flakes!
Recently got a Raspberry Pi4 4gb after watching your videos. You are you doing an awesome job. I love the "The magic of film making" bit you do
Thanks for this -- I hope that you enjoy your Pi 4. :)
Very well laid out CB. I rigged a Pi 0W up as a nature cam using a different program. I think Ill look into MotionEye. Thank you for the project and sharing it and your time with us.
Perfect timing.
My city is becoming overwhelmed by "protestors"
looter catcher
Nicely done video. I somehow missed it on the original release, but was looking for PI0 W projects, and will add this soon to my project list.
I like project like these. Interesting what these SBC can do.
Thanks for a great video, much appreciated!
Excellent clear, helpful presentation - good job 👍 and thank you
Nice idea on creating the adapter cable for cameras switch.
Nice project. Look forward to the next one. :-)
You should totally reverse the door hinge on your fridge. I did, and my life improved dramatically.
I should have done so 20 years ago!
I loved the idea and MEyeOS.
Great guide as always and nice and cheap all in.
Thanks for all these amazing videos. I've been wanting to tinker with single boards since the CHIP was on kickstarter and I FINALLY bought one as well as an onion omega 2+ but still waiting on more parts to get it up and running.
Good luck with your SBC adventure!