I have a m5 x timer camera I'm plugging directly into my computer. I'm trying to make a code to make a live video stream using an arduino idea code but I've been having no luck. I thought perhaps I could stream a video on vlc media player but I've just been getting errors on vlc media plays on not being able to play the stream. Any suggestions?
#include "WiFi.h"
#include "ESPAsyncWebServer.h"
#include "esp_camera.h"
// Pin definitions for M5Stack Timer-CAM
#define PWDN_GPIO_NUM -1
#define RESET_GPIO_NUM 15
#define XCLK_GPIO_NUM 27
#define SIOD_GPIO_NUM 25
#define SIOC_GPIO_NUM 23
#define Y9_GPIO_NUM 19
#define Y8_GPIO_NUM 36
#define Y7_GPIO_NUM 18
#define Y6_GPIO_NUM 39
#define Y5_GPIO_NUM 5
#define Y4_GPIO_NUM 34
#define Y3_GPIO_NUM 35
#define Y2_GPIO_NUM 32
#define VSYNC_GPIO_NUM 22
#define HREF_GPIO_NUM 26
#define PCLK_GPIO_NUM 21
// WiFi credentials
const char* ssid =
const char* password =
// AsyncWebServer instance
AsyncWebServer server(80);
bool initCamera() {
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;
config.frame_size = FRAMESIZE_QVGA; // Adjust frame size for streaming
config.jpeg_quality = 10; // Adjust quality for video
config.fb_count = 2; // Use multiple frame buffers
esp_err_t result = esp_camera_init(&config);
if (result != ESP_OK) {
Serial.printf("Camera init failed with error 0x%x", result);
return false;
}
return true;
}
void handleStream(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
AsyncResponseStream *response = request->beginResponseStream("multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=frameboundary");
response->addHeader("Cache-Control", "no-store");
auto frameCallback = [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t maxLen, size_t index) -> size_t {
camera_fb_t *frame = esp_camera_fb_get();
if (!frame) {
Serial.println("Failed to capture frame");
return 0;
}
size_t frameSize = frame->len;
if (frameSize > maxLen) {
frameSize = maxLen;
}
memcpy(buffer, frame->buf, frameSize);
esp_camera_fb_return(frame);
return frameSize;
};
response->setContentLength(CONTENT_LENGTH_UNKNOWN);
response->addHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=frameboundary");
response->setWriteCallback(frameCallback);
request->send(response);
}
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
if (!initCamera()) {
Serial.println("Failed to initialize camera");
return;
}
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(1000);
Serial.println("Connecting to WiFi...");
}
Serial.println("WiFi connected");
Serial.print("IP Address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
// Routes for handling requests
server.on("/stream", HTTP_GET, handleStream);
server.begin();
Serial.println("HTTP server started");
}
void loop() {
// This loop is intentionally left empty because all operations are handled in callbacks.
}