So what is motionEyeOS? In summary, motionEyeOS is an operating system that converts a single-board computer one that we can use as a CCTV system.
The operating system is built from BuildRoot. Within the operating system, there is a motion process that interacts with the camera hardware and a motionEye process that provides you with a web interface to your CCTV system.
Here are some posts about motionEyeOS that you may want to reference for building your own CCTV system.
When you want to turn your unused Raspberry Pi into a security camera, you can take a look at motionEyeOS.
So what is motionEyeOS? In short, motionEyeOS is a Linux distribution that turns your single board computer into a video surveillance system. Therefore, it is convenient to setup a Raspberry Pi security camera with motionEyeOS.
Given these points, let us look at how we can setup a Raspberry Pi security camera with motionEyeOS.
When Raspberry Pi Zero W appeared in the market, I immediately got one and setup a Raspberry Pi Zero W security camera with motionEyeOS. In addition to taking half the size of a credit card, a Raspberry Pi Zero W comes with Wi-Fi inbuilt. Therefore, it is ideal for building a security camera that connects to your Wi-Fi network.
Previously, I wrote about how to make your Raspberry Pi Zero W camera see an ultra-wide view through a Fisheye lens.
Since the pack of Camera Lens Kits for mobile phones includes a 0.67x wide angle lens, I decided to use it to turn my other Raspberry Pi Zero W CCTV into a wide angle security camera.
If you need a reference, read this to find out how you can turn your Raspberry Pi Zero W CCTV into a wide angle security camera.
Undeniably, Calin Crisan had created one of the best way for us to build a Raspberry Pi security camera. In addition to the ease of setup via motionEyeOS, the motionEye web-based frontend is also easy to use.
Since a Raspberry Pi security camera is used for surveillance, we will want it to record videos of things that happened when we were not looking.
However, recording footages of the surveillance area when there were no motion being detected is wasteful. Moreover, it is hard to get to the video recording of a stranger moving your flower pot when there are too many redundant video clips in your Raspberry Pi security camera.
Even if we switched on motion detection for the entire video frame, there could be motion detected outside of the area of interest. For example, we may be interested in birds resting on our plant rather than birds flying in the sky.
So how do we configure motionEye to only capture video if there are movements in a particular section of the surveillance area?
This post will show you how to do so.
While I was organising cabinet, I found a pack of Camera Lens Kits for mobile phones.
Since I am using my Raspberry Pi Zero W as a surveillance camera, I figured that it would be useful if I can use the Fisheye lens in the pack to make my camera see a wider view.
This post shows how you can make a Raspberry Pi Zero W camera see an ultra-wide view.
When the Raspberry Pi Zero W was launched, I didn’t think twice before ordering one. Compared to the Raspberry Pi Zero, the Raspberry Pi Zero W comes with WiFi. This meant that I can use my new Raspberry Pi Zero W to replace my Raspberry Pi 3 CCTV camera for home surveillance and use the more powerful Raspberry Pi 3 for other projects.
This post documents how I setup my Raspberry Pi Zero W as a CCTV camera using the MotionEyeOS image.
When I bought my Raspberry Pi 2, I also bought the first version of the Raspberry Camera Module just for the fun of it. After setting up my Raspberry Pi 2 as a TV box for my wife, that camera module became an ornament. Feeling bad about such wastage, I bought another Raspberry Pi 3 to utilise the camera module in performing home surveillance.
This post documents the steps that I took to build my Raspberry Pi 3 CCTV via a MotionEyeOS image for home surveillance.
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