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[Tutorial] Webcam video surveillance via mjpg-streamer

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Ok got it formatted to ext3 on the device.
Now I'm starting from scratch.

Hope I help someone.
Unmount by clicking on the usb icon up top, then type
Not sure how they do it since unmount doesn't work nor does rm ing the mount
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
 
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Ok finally working great
Except LED will not turn off, anyone got it to turn off?
I uncommented the led off line
 
Ok final issue other than led off not working.

Upon reboot, the scripts aren't running.

Does /opt/etc/webcam/videomod.sh load need to be in post-mount?

I had jffs, is there another setting in merlin to actually run scripts?
 
When trying post-mount manually I get this

admin@(none):/tmp/home/root# sh /jffs/scripts/post-mount

Usage: /opt/etc/init.d/S99webcam { start | stop | restart }

this is inside

#!/bin/sh
/opt/etc/init.d/S99webcam start

EDIT: This is probably not a proper way to execute this file manually but just using the file gets this

admin@(none):/tmp/home/root# /jffs/scripts/post-mount
-sh: /jffs/scripts/post-mount: not found

admin@(none):/jffs/scripts# ./post-mount
-sh: ./post-mount: not found

admin@(none):/jffs/scripts# ls
firewall-start post-mount
 
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Update, firewall-start is also not auto running so its not an issue with using a microsd.

My script files are written and x modded. Whats wrong? :/

Thank you so much for this btw, very cool.
 
I reformatted jffs and recreated the scripts, still no go. I'm using the latest merlin build.
 
Done, several formats later, jffs works. Only took 6 hours to do this ;)

Thank you again! Final requests, SSL and LED off.
 
Only took 6 hours to do this ;)
Final requests, SSL and LED off.

Only six hours :)
The led off issue is related to drivers because are not really for RT-N66U, but for RT-N56U and for another kernel, if something shows up, I will let you know.
What about SSL?
 
I got another error, any idea?

admin@RT-N66U:/# wget -c -O /opt/etc/init.d/S99webcam http://tinyurl.com/S98webc
am
Connecting to tinyurl.com (64.62.243.92:80)
Connecting to dl.dropbox.com (107.20.162.145:80)
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 502 Bad Gateway
admin@RT-N66U:/#
 
Hello!

I have the same problem. After finishing this procedure, I start the mjpg_streamer. It shows OK message that server is started, but when connecting on particular IP adress of my router I get the same message. I have also tried to stop the server, but it shows message, that mjpg_streamer is not running. I have used this procedure on Asus RT-N16 router (Firmware Version:3.0.0.4.354.29 (Merlin build)). Have anybody succesfully connected web cam (I use 1.3 Mega PC Webcam) over Asus RT-N16 router? I thanke you in advance for any usefull tips.
 
Hi, I've install software yesterday and I'm using it with Microsoft NX 6000 and it works just fine. At the first I try to start the program without the camera and it says cannot start, but when I connect it everything works just fine. I'm using and hdd formatted to ext3. Also I'm using it with Download master at the same time, just I've disabled when install mjpeg.

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