Cameras not showing anything #2255

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opened 2026-02-28 01:08:18 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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Originally created by @SimonRazorback on GitHub (Jun 30, 2022).

I installed motioneye on a raspberry 4 8GB. following this link

I have 2 cameras plugged in by USB a logitech C920 and a lenovo essential FHD. The cameras work when they are plugged in to the Raspberry pie and show video when I test them.

When I click to add cameras I see 3 cameras for the 2 that are plugged in and a bunch extra. Image

When i add one I get an error message "An error occurred, refresh is recommended" and no camera is added. After refreshing the camera is added, but it only loads for a bit and then shows a crossed-over camera symbol.

I have tried doing it with all the 6 "cameras". The same thing happens with all of them.

Any ideas of what I have done wrong?

Any more information you need to know to help me?

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motionEye Version 0.42.1

Originally created by @SimonRazorback on GitHub (Jun 30, 2022). I installed motioneye on a raspberry 4 8GB. following this [link](https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/wiki/Install-on-Raspbian-Bullseye) I have 2 cameras plugged in by USB a logitech C920 and a lenovo essential FHD. The cameras work when they are plugged in to the Raspberry pie and show video when I test them. When I click to add cameras I see 3 cameras for the 2 that are plugged in and a bunch extra. [Image](https://imgur.com/a/Zlev7ya) When i add one I get an error message "An error occurred, refresh is recommended" and no camera is added. After refreshing the camera is added, but it only loads for a bit and then shows a crossed-over camera symbol. I have tried doing it with all the 6 "cameras". The same thing happens with all of them. Any ideas of what I have done wrong? Any more information you need to know to help me? Edit: motionEye Version 0.42.1

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@MichaIng commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2022):

The extra cameras are from the "modern" camera module stack. You can try to comment or remove the camera_auto_detect line in /boot/config.txt and reboot for the change to take effect.

The list of cameras is generally scraped from the output of this command:

v4l2-ctl --list-devices

There have been some issues and fixes done already in current dev branch, which I'd generally recommend over the "stable" release, since dev has a lot of old bugs addressed: https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/tree/dev#installation

@MichaIng commented on GitHub (Jul 1, 2022): The extra cameras are from the "modern" camera module stack. You can try to comment or remove the `camera_auto_detect` line in `/boot/config.txt` and reboot for the change to take effect. The list of cameras is generally scraped from the output of this command: ```sh v4l2-ctl --list-devices ``` There have been some issues and fixes done already in current `dev` branch, which I'd generally recommend over the "stable" release, since `dev` has a lot of old bugs addressed: https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye/tree/dev#installation

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