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https://youtu.be/jjwt9GZGELo

View Video Stream (e.g. Security Camera) on a Raspberry Pi with Read Only System: https://youtu.be/sFBE5Kusjx8

Raspberry Pi Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPvIdR5BEqDgO7DsGAla_AZ

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Raspberry Pi Downloads: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

https://youtu.be/sFBE5Kusjx8

Update apt packages

sudo apt update

Install omxplayer

sudo apt install omxplayer

Test Video Stream*

/usr/bin/omxplayer --win "961,541,1920,1080" "rtsp://username:password@ip_address:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0"

* This is for an Amcrest IP camera. Look up the URL for your specific camera. You can remove ‘–win “961,541,1920,1080”‘ to make the video full screen. “subtype=0” is high bitrate stream. “subtype=1” is low bitrate stream.

Close Video Stream

Control-c to stop

Create Video Script

nano video.sh

#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/omxplayer --win "961,541,1920,1080" "rtsp://username:password@ip_address:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0"

Control-o to save, Control-x to exit

Make the script executable

chmod +x video.sh

Run Script

./video.sh

Control-c to stop

Move into Systemd Service Directory

cd /etc/systemd/system

Create Video Service

sudo nano video.service

[Unit]
Description=Video Service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=pi
Group=pi
Environment=PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
ExecStart=/home/pi/video.sh
Restart=always
RestartSec=3

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Control-o to save, Control-x to exit

Enable Service

sudo systemctl enable video

Start Service

sudo systemctl start video

Temporarily Stop Video

sudo killall omxplayer

Adafruit Read Only Instructions*

https://learn.adafruit.com/read-only-raspberry-pi

* You can now enable OverlayFS as an alternative to these read only instructions. Go to raspi-config > Advanced Options > Overlay FS and enable it. This will make the system read only. You can undo and redo this if you need to make changes to the system.

https://youtu.be/oBl8mBRA-0Q

Raspberry Pi Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZPvIdR5BEqDgO7DsGAla_AZ

Raspberry Pi Downloads: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB) Starter Kit (Amazon Affiliate)
US: https://amzn.to/3azJgrW
UK: https://amzn.to/2JdMq9o
CA: https://amzn.to/3bwiRvY
ES: https://amzn.to/2T06LnM (similar)
FR: https://amzn.to/3cvIZrs (similaire)
IT: https://amzn.to/2Ar74Sj (simile)
DE: https://amzn.to/2AqfWHQ (ähnlich)
IN: https://amzn.to/3ey6fWj
AU: https://amzn.to/2VTUt1C
NL: https://amzn.to/3f5NdsD (vergelijkbaar)