Pi MJPEG Server

An extremely lightweight hardware-accelerated MJPEG streaming server for Raspberry Pi + Camera Module with Flask & libcamera API.

Caution

There is no security in this code to prevent any kind of attack. Consider implementing basic authentication with HTTPS if possible!

Setup

• Update your Raspbery Pi to latest official OS. Use Lite for lowest resource usage!
• Update packages with :
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt upgrade -y
  • sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
  • sudo apt install git
• Install Python packages with :
  • sudo apt install python3-pip -y
  • sudo apt install python3-picamera2 --no-install-recommends
• Enable I2C via raspi-config
• git clone https://github.com/kingkingyyk/Pi-MJPEG-Server.git
• cd Pi-MJPEG-Server
• Update mjpeg_server.py if needed. There are some configurations available such as resolution.
• Move python script to somewhere safe: sudo cp mjpeg_server.py /usr/local/bin
• Install required python packages: sudo python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt
• Create an auto start service with:
  • sudo cp mjpeg_server.service /etc/systemd/system
  • sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  • sudo systemctl start mjpeg_server
  • sudo systemctl enable mjpeg_server
• Verify the server is running fine with :
  • sudo systemctl status mjpeg_server
  • Open your browser and visit address http://<Pi IP>:<8764/Port>/

Motioneye Support

This code is tested on work with motioneye. Just add this server url as network camera.

Support

The code is tested to work on :

• Pi 5 SW Encode + Camera Module v3 (~85% CPU usage for single connection)
• Pi 4 HW Encode + Camera Module v3 (~4% CPU usage for single connection, 1% more for every connection)
• Pi Zero 2 W HW Encode + Camera Module v1 (~35% CPU usage for single connection)
• Pi Zero W HW Encode + Camera Module v1 (~60% CPU usage for single connection)