Chapter 3. Live Streaming of a Surveillance Camera from the Pi
In this chapter, we will connect a camera to Raspberry Pi and stream a live video from it. We will then be able to watch the streaming of this content from our Android device. This chapter will move us closer to usage and away from administration of Raspberry Pi.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Hardware and software configurations
- Streaming video to an Android device
- The surveillance mode
Hardware and software configurations
We will use a standard camera developed for the Pi that costs about $30 in many major electronics stores.
The Pi camera
Pi has a camera port where you ...
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