RaspberryPi Camera Viewer was a communication app developed by BigDotSoftware. It was removed from Google Play Mar 2, 2024 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
RaspberryPi Camera Viewer had been downloaded 23 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
RaspberryPi Camera Viewer was rated 4.75 out of 5 stars, based on 69 ratings.
App Information
RaspberryPi Camera Viewer was free to download. The APK download size was 13.19 MB. The last available version was 4.2. The last update was on July 28, 2016.
Technical Requirements
RaspberryPi Camera Viewer required Android 4.1+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play March 2015.
Description
Application has been originally designed to view camera stream from hardware Raspberry Pi cameras. To build the stream, gstreamer has been chosen as the best open source multimedia framework. During the time number of desired features and configuration options grow, so application is morphing into gstreamer viewer. In current version you are able to build any pipeline (in gstreamer format) and view it on any Android device
Starting from version 4.0 you can create your own plugins. More details on github: https://github.com/pzuk/raspberry-pi-camera-viewer-plugins/
You can also easily embed RaspberryPi Camera Viewer to your Android application More details on github: https://github.com/pzuk/raspberry-pi-camera-viewer-embedded-example
Current version is backward compatible with previous versions, so if you still want to watch stream from your RaspberryPi only, please follow points below: 1. Connect RaspberryPi Camera board 2. ssh to your Raspberry Pi and launch: raspivid -n -t 0 -h 200 -w 320 -fps 25 -hf -b 2000000 -o - | gst-launch-1.0 -v fdsrc ! h264parse ! rtph264pay config-interval=1 pt=96 ! gdppay ! tcpserversink host=192.168.0.20 port=5000 where host=192.168.0.20 should be replaced by your RaspberryPI IP address.
Low latency version: 1. Connect RaspberryPi Camera board 2. ssh to your Raspberry Pi and launch: raspivid -t 0 -hf -n -h 480 -w 640 -fps 15 -o - | nc -l -p 5001 3. Open RaspberryPi Camera Viewer and launch pipeline: tcpclientsrc host=192.168.0.20 port=5001 ! queue2 max-size-buffers=1 ! decodebin ! autovideosink sync=false
More information about low latency experiment with Android, Raspberry Pi and Gstreamer: https://pzuk.wordpress.com/2015/12/29/android-raspberry-pi-camera-low-latency-via-gstreamer/
Recent changes: Refactored version. Major change is support for plugins. Starting from version 4,0 you can write your own plugins for RasberryPi Camera Viewer. Starting from 4.1 you can embed Gstreamer Camera Preview in your applications. More details and example code: https://github.com/pzuk/raspberry-pi-camera-viewer-plugins/
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★★★★★
Excellent barebone yet flexible implementation of the gstreamer API, I used it to stream high resolution video from the v2 camera mounted on the new Pi Zero (over Wifi!) with less than one second delay, which is impressive to me. One single glitch that I noticed for the current version: the video stream always disconnects when I switch between full screen and normal view (by tapping the icon in the right-hand corner), which does not make much sense (this should NOT affect the backend streaming process, it's just a viewer setting, right?), but thankfully the video area stays maximized and at that point it's easy to restart the stream on the pi and then tap again the "play" button in the middle of the screen to restart the streaming.
★★★★★
Great ! Works great with very little delay in the stream from a RPI2 to a S4. Nice clean implementation. All you need on the RPI side is to install gstreamer1.0 and launch with the command in the description (also a camera module installed). possible ideas for update: full screen for the video and UDP mode.
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Frequently asked questions about RaspberryPi Camera Viewer
Is RaspberryPi Camera Viewer free?
Yes. RaspberryPi Camera Viewer is free to download from Google Play.
Is RaspberryPi Camera Viewer still available?
No. RaspberryPi Camera Viewer was removed from Google Play. We last saw it there Mar 2, 2024.
Does RaspberryPi Camera Viewer contain ads?
No. Google Play does not list RaspberryPi Camera Viewer as containing ads.
What Android version does RaspberryPi Camera Viewer require?
RaspberryPi Camera Viewer runs on Android 4.1 and higher.
How large is the RaspberryPi Camera Viewer APK?
The RaspberryPi Camera Viewer APK is 13.19 MB.
Is RaspberryPi Camera Viewer suitable for children?
Google Play rates the content of RaspberryPi Camera Viewer as suitable for everyone.
How many times has RaspberryPi Camera Viewer been downloaded?
Google Play lists 10,000+ downloads for RaspberryPi Camera Viewer.
How do people rate RaspberryPi Camera Viewer?
RaspberryPi Camera Viewer scores 4.75 out of 5 stars, from 69 ratings on Google Play.
Who made RaspberryPi Camera Viewer?
RaspberryPi Camera Viewer was developed by BigDotSoftware. It is listed in the communication category on Google Play.
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