Raspberry Pi MJPEG video stream - start application at reboot

Question

I am making a MJPEG video stream using Raspberry Pi with dedicated Pi Camera. For this I am using jpeg libraries and the following web application found on Github. The use is pretty straightforward, you just type cd mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental and then ./mjpg_streamer -o "output_http.so -w ./www" -i "input_raspicam.so". However, I would like to make it run on every reboot, so that the camera is "maintenance free".

I researched that I need to put the path and the executable file in the /etc/rc.local. Nevertheless, when I put the path (mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental/mjpg_streamer -o "output_http.so -w ./www" -i "input_raspicam.so") to this executable file, it did not work at all. I tried to run the stream as one command in the Terminal, it did not work either. I also tried to set up a variable PATH in .bashrc in order to access it from /etc/rc.local, but it also did not want to work.

I suspect it might have something to do with command ./mjpg_streamerneeding some input for it to work (-o "output_http.so -w ./www" -i "input_raspicam.so")

Do you have any idea how to start it with every reboot?

Thanks for your time and help

Answer 1

i have solved similar issue for my rpi and jpeg streamer as following.

1. create a shell script in /home/pi

   touch /home/pi/mjpg-streamer.sh

2. edit that shell script and add this content

   #!/bin/bash

   cd /home/pi/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental/

   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.

   ./mjpg_strea‌​mer -o "output_http.so -w ./www" -i "input_raspicam.so"

3. make sure new shell script has execution rights

4. add that shell script to your /etc/rc.local