Now I’m trying to make a streaming camera with ESP32-CAM (AI thinker), which transmits movie data only while I’m checking the video on the Blynk app to save battery. The questions are
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Is using “Video streaming” gadget appropriate for this purpose? Doesn’t ESP32-CAM always submits movie data, regardless of whether I’m looking it through the gadget or not? If so, are there any alternative ways to archive the conditions above?
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I have successfully gotten the movie with following code by directly connecting the IP address from my PC, but my video streaming gadget doesn’t catch the data. I just set the IP address in the “URL ADDRESS” window in “Video streaming settings”. Is there anything else to be done?
I am quite new to Blynk, so might made silly questions, but would appreciate it if you could answer.
#include "src/OV2640.h"
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <WebServer.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include "camera_pins.h"
#define CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER
#define SSID1 "xxxxxxxx"
#define PWD1 "xxxxxxxx"
OV2640 cam;
WebServer server(80);
const char HEADER[] = "xxx";
const char BOUNDARY[] = "xxx";
const char CTNTTYPE[] = "xxx ";
const int hdrLen = strlen(HEADER);
const int bdrLen = strlen(BOUNDARY);
const int cntLen = strlen(CTNTTYPE);
void handle_jpg_stream(void)
{
char buf[32];
int s;
WiFiClient client = server.client();
client.write(HEADER, hdrLen);
client.write(BOUNDARY, bdrLen);
while (true)
{
if (!client.connected()) break;
cam.run();
s = cam.getSize();
client.write(CTNTTYPE, cntLen);
sprintf( buf, "%d\r\n\r\n", s );
client.write(buf, strlen(buf));
client.write((char *)cam.getfb(), s);
client.write(BOUNDARY, bdrLen);
}
}
const char JHEADER[] = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" \
"Content-disposition: inline; filename=capture.jpg\r\n" \
"Content-type: image/jpeg\r\n\r\n";
const int jhdLen = strlen(JHEADER);
void handle_jpg(void)
{
WiFiClient client = server.client();
cam.run();
if (!client.connected()) return;
client.write(JHEADER, jhdLen);
client.write((char *)cam.getfb(), cam.getSize());
}
void handleNotFound()
{
String message = "Server is running!\n\n";
message += "URI: ";
message += server.uri();
message += "\nMethod: ";
message += (server.method() == HTTP_GET) ? "GET" : "POST";
message += "\nArguments: ";
message += server.args();
message += "\n";
server.send(200, "text / plain", message);
}
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(115200);
//while (!Serial); //wait for serial connection.
camera_config_t config;
config.ledc_channel = LEDC_CHANNEL_0;
config.ledc_timer = LEDC_TIMER_0;
config.pin_d0 = Y2_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d1 = Y3_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d2 = Y4_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d3 = Y5_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d4 = Y6_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d5 = Y7_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d6 = Y8_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d7 = Y9_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_xclk = XCLK_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_pclk = PCLK_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_vsync = VSYNC_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_href = HREF_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_sscb_sda = SIOD_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_sscb_scl = SIOC_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_pwdn = PWDN_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_reset = RESET_GPIO_NUM;
config.xclk_freq_hz = 20000000;
config.pixel_format = PIXFORMAT_JPEG;
// Frame parameters
// config.frame_size = FRAMESIZE_UXGA;
config.frame_size = FRAMESIZE_QVGA;
config.jpeg_quality = 12;
config.fb_count = 2;
#if defined(CAMERA_MODEL_ESP_EYE)
pinMode(13, INPUT_PULLUP);
pinMode(14, INPUT_PULLUP);
#endif
cam.init(config);
IPAddress ip;
WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
WiFi.begin(SSID1, PWD1);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
{
delay(500);
Serial.print(F("."));
}
ip = WiFi.localIP();
Serial.println(F("WiFi connected"));
Serial.println("");
Serial.println(ip);
Serial.print("Stream Link: http://");
Serial.print(ip);
Serial.println("/mjpeg/1");
server.on("/mjpeg/1", HTTP_GET, handle_jpg_stream);
server.on("/jpg", HTTP_GET, handle_jpg);
server.onNotFound(handleNotFound);
server.begin();
}
void loop()
{
server.handleClient();
}