Core: Can't get image or video for rpi_camera on RPI 3B

[ctvedt]

The problem

Cannot get rpi_camera to work. I have verified that the camera is working on my RPI 3B when running Raspberry OS, and have tried fresh install of Home Assistant. Have tried running v0.112, 0.113 and 0.114, but no luck.

The entity is created, but no image or video.

Should raspistill be available in terminal? It is referenced in the guide, but command is not available in terminal, even when running the "SSH & Web Terminal"-addon with protective mode disabled.

Environment

• Home Assistant Core release with the issue: 0.114.0
• Last working Home Assistant Core release (if known): None
• Operating environment (OS/Container/Supervised/Core): OS (hassos_rpi3-4.12.img.gz)
• Integration causing this issue: rpi_camera
• Link to integration documentation on our website: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rpi_camera/

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml

Below is the complete config for my RPI 3B

# Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)
default_config:

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    homeassistant.components.rpi_camera: debug

# Text to speech
tts:
  - platform: google_translate

# HTTPS
http:
  ssl_certificate: /ssl/fullchain.pem
  ssl_key: /ssl/privkey.pem

# Camera
rpi_camera:

# Include
group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml

Traceback/Error logs

No errors reported in any logs relevant to rpi_camera, even when running debug for the component.

N/A

Additional information

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[ctvedt]

Verified that the problem exist for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (2 GB) as well. No errors in log, but also no image or video. Camera works fine when running Raspberry Pi OS.

Image used for RPI 4B: https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/download/4.12/hassos_rpi4-4.12.img.gz

[ctvedt]

Related issue: https://github.com/home-assistant/supervisor/issues/184

[zenoVerboom]

Verified that the problem also exist for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4 GB) as well. (pi camera V2) Also No errors in log, neither image or video.
tried editing config without succes.

[F5Brewery]

Clean install not working on Pi 4 Model B (2 GB), just says camera idle. No errors in logs. This is on the Docker Version 0.114.4

[jheling]

There seem to be two problems.

First to get the hardware working for a Raspberry Pi with the Home Assistant image. After I changed some boot settings for my raspberry pi, the led on the camera started to work (https://github.com/home-assistant/supervisor/issues/1474.

The second is what you allready mentioned, raspistill is nowhere to be found in the installation set. I have also searched for it with the SSH & Web Terminal"-addon.

[marcinbauer85]

There seem to be two problems.

First to get the hardware working for a Raspberry Pi with the Home Assistant image. After I changed some boot settings for my raspberry pi, the led on the camera started to work (https://github.com/home-assistant/supervisor/issues/1474.

The second is what you allready mentioned, raspistill is nowhere to be found in the installation set. I have also searched for it with the SSH & Web Terminal"-addon.

Could you explain more precisely how did you fix it?

[jheling]

I don't have a solution yet. I'm still looking how to get raspistill on the Raspberry Pi.

[enegaard]

I have gotten the camera to work on a 3B+ after much trial and error, and have attempted to document the process at https://gist.github.com/enegaard/a57af286205914bd912270c89650fb1b#file-hassos-rpi-camera-howto-md

This is not an issue with core - the raspistill program is installed in /usr/local/bin in the core (homeassistant) container. It's more an issue with the HASSOS operating-system that does not install the start_x.elf and fixup_x.dat firmware files by default - if it did, getting the camera to work would be MUCH easiser.

[enegaard]

I have opened a new operating-system issue to request the inclusion of the alternate firmware files in future HASSOS builds (https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/issues/947).