#Webcam daemon for OctoPrint
Install OctoPrint and mjpeg streamer as usual https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/wiki/Setup-on-a-Raspberry-Pi-running-Raspbian making sure to stick to the directory names outlined in the instructions.
Then to create the auto start daemon for mjpeg-streamer, clone the repository:
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/ntoff/mjpeg-streamer-octoprint-daemon
cd ~/mjpeg-streamer-octoprint-daemon/_root_
Make sure the path to mjpeg streamer in _root_/bin/webcamd is correctly set e.g. MJPGSTREAMER_HOME=/home/pi/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental and note this does not include the binary name, only the path to the binary.
Copy the files to their relevant locations, and setting them to be executable:
sudo cp ./etc/default/webcamd /etc/default/webcamd
sudo cp ./etc/init.d/webcamd /etc/init.d/webcamd
sudo cp ./bin/webcamd /bin/webcamd
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/webcamd
sudo chmod +x /bin/webcamd
sudo update-rc.d webcamd defaults
Once done, the contents of this directory can be removed if one wishes, or kept around for safe keeping.
Webcam service should now auto start on boot and can now be started and stopped via
sudo service webcamd start|stop|resetart
Optional: Create /boot/octopi.txt and include camera options such as framerate or resolution.
The scripts were taken from here: https://github.com/guysoft/OctoPi/ and slightly modified to fit the paths outlined in the manual OctoPrint install wiki page.
Tested working under raspbian jessie lite and armbian 5.25