I think its time to sit this evening and release a new version
@Guy_Sheffer That would be great. I have enjoyed using OctoPi. If you do, the things I hope you will consider adding to OctoPi are: 1) Current versions (if there are newer), 2) chown rights as indicated by Gina, and 3) uvcdyncntrl so that we can edit webcam parameters (See: http://www.bot-thoughts.com/2013/01/lifecam-hd-6000-autofocus-fix-raspberry.html). These are things beyond my current comfort zone. If you decide to do a new build of OctoPi, let me know. I would be happy to reformat my SD card and test it for you.
We need a site with nightly builds. @foosel is there a way to set something up on http://octiprint.org ?
Guy , that would be great
@Guy_Sheffer OctoPrint.org is currently entirely hosted on Github, so right now I don’t know where to host the actual files. I could look into something like an S3 instance, or maybe it would be possible to set something up via Codeship and the like (you could maybe even automate the builds this way)
@foosel I have made the chown change you indicated. I am now able to save settings and it will close the window. I do not see the webcam in the Control tab. Should I expect to see the webcam in the Control tab at all times or or only when a print job is running?
Have you tried reloading the page? It will not show up instantly by itself, it’s included by the server in the webpage, so you’ll need to re-request the webpage once in your browser to make the changes take effect.
Ah, and did you change the stream URL to the one working when called separately in your browser?
I think the problem is not hosting
I can host images on dropbox, what I need is a site and I don’t want to maintain the site and not the code
@foosel I managed to crash my video altogether when I ran update so I will load a fresh SD Card with OctoPrint and try again.
UPDATE: I did do something to mess up the video, but that is separate from OctoPrint. I am happy to report that after a reboot I now see the video frame on the Control tab. Now, I just need to fix the video feed - I think I broke it trying to play with uvcdynctrl settings… Time to reload. Fortunately, @Guy_Sheffer ’
s OctoPi build makes that easy.
@Guy_Sheffer As you consider things to add to your Octoprint build, may I suggest this one that will allow a simple push button to shutdown and one to restart. See: http://spaceblogs.org/flipdot/2013/06/shut-down-your-raspberry-pi-on-button-press-and-add-reset-function/
Also, my webcam has autofocus which can be a pain for a timelapse on a Reprap due to the motion. I read that the tool called uvcdynctrl will apparently allow you to see and set the webcam settings. You may want to include that as it may be useful to have.
A reboot resolved the video issue. All is well for me. Now, all I need to do is figure out how to disable the autofocus on the webcam. Still navigating the uvcdynctrl utility to see if that can help. I think that the motion video server may be grabbing the camera and not allowing the uvcdynctrl to change any settings. Still learning.
@Eric_Mack there is a restart button under ‘system’
Yes and that works great if you are connected with a laptop and browser. If you just want to quickly shutdown, it’s really handy to be able to push a button to initiate an orderly shutdown. I have not tested the link I shared above but that looks like an elegant solution.
For anyone interested, I managed to test the process to add shutdown and wake from halt buttons to the Pi. Works nicely… See: http://spaceblogs.org/flipdot/2013/06/shut-down-your-raspberry-pi-on-button-press-and-add-reset-function/
Still further, here’s a tip for anyone using a Webcam (e.g. with OctoPrint) to record their parts being printed. Newer webcams have auto focus, auto light, and auto everything which wreaks havoc when trying to record a fast moving printhead and platform. The solution is to disable the automatic features. I found the solution to use uvcdynctrl -v -c to first query the webcam to see what it can do - what the settings are - and then use uvcdynctrl - v -g SETTING to change the parameters for the camera. No idea if this is persistent; I’ll have to test that at reboot. I have now successfully disabled my auto focus. Much better.
@Guy_Sheffer I’d have no problem adding a link to somewhere the image is hosted and updating it regularly.
@foosel https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/895101/OctoPi/index.html
Here is the final release candidate. I just need to add version information
@Guy_Sheffer Added a “Download & Setup” page to http://octoprint.org, referenced with a shiny new “Download” button from the main page: http://octoprint.org/download/
Yay! Just synced final build, added /etc/octopi_version so we can start keeping track .