Use MIPI camera

Use MIPI cameraConfigure the cameraUse the cameraPreview the cameraTake a photorpicam-stillVideo recordingrpicam-vidError solution

Raspberry Pi 5 combines the previous CSI and DSI interfaces into two dual-purpose CSI/DSI (MIPI) ports.

Configure the camera

To use the Raspberry Pi camera or a third-party camera, you can modify the camera configuration according to the table below:

Camera module	File located at: /boot/firmware/config.txt
V1 camera (OV5647)	dtoverlay=ov5647
V2 camera (IMX219)	dtoverlay=imx219
HQ camera (IMX477)	dtoverlay=imx477
GS camera (IMX296)	dtoverlay=imx296
Camera module 3 (IMX708)	dtoverlay=imx708
IMX290 and IMX327	dtoverlay=imx290,clock-frequency=74250000 or (both modules share IMX290 kernel driver; for the correct frequency, refer to the module vendor's instructions) dtoverlay=imx290,clock-frequency=37125000
IMX378 type	dtoverlay=imx378
OV9281 series	dtoverlay=ov9281

If you are not using the official Raspberry Pi camera, you can modify the config.txt file according to the content above the table and add the dtoverlay content to the /boot/firmware/config.txt file.


sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt

For example: Raspberry Pi uses IMX219 camera, connect the camera to the J4 interface of Raspberry Pi, and then modify the /boot/firmware/config.txt file:


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The IMX219 camera needs to be connected to the J4 interface of Raspberry Pi 5 to be recognized!
dtoverlay=ov5647 and dtoverlay=imx219 refer to the Raspberry Pi wide-angle camera and IMX219 camera respectively!

Modify the configuration file and restart to take effect!

Use the camera

Preview the camera

rpicam-hello

Type this command in the terminal to display the preview window for about 5 seconds

rpicam-hello -t 0

Running this command in the terminal will keep the preview window displayed. You can exit it by using the window close button and Ctrl+C keys!

Take a photo

rpicam-jpeg -o test.jpg

Display a 5-second preview, then capture the image and save it as a test.jpg file

rpicam-jpeg -o test.jpg -t 2000 --width 640 --height 480

Display a 2-second preview, then capture the image and save it as a test.jpg file. The image is 640 pixels wide and 480 pixels high.

rpicam-still

This command can be used to save files in different formats:


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rpicam-still -e png -o test.png
rpicam-still -e bmp -o test.bmp
rpicam-still -e rgb -o test.data
rpicam-still -e yuv420 -o test.data

Raw image capture


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rpicam-still -r -o test.jpg

Time-lapse

Capture images continuously at 2 second intervals for a total capture time of 30 seconds and save each image with a file name format like image0001.jpg:


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rpicam-still -t 30000 --timelapse 2000 -o image%04d.jpg

Video recording

rpicam-vid

Command for video recording using the camera module on the Raspberry Pi.

Example: Record 10 seconds of video and write it to the test.h264 file


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rpicam-vid -t 10000 -o test.h264

Play video


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vlc test.h264

Note: If the test.h264 file cannot be played and an error occurs, please try the following method to solve it.

Error solution

Modify the frame rate of H264 playback per second