Instructions for Pine64+ Camera Module

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Basic instructions to activate and use the Pine64+ Camera module.

Update: Guvcview 2.0.3

git clone https://github.com/avafinger/pine64_camera

Known issues:

• Controls not working yet
• HW encoding not used, no video saving

Requires:

• kernel 3.10.102 (or latest) - Debian / Ubuntu (Desktop)
• camera module s5k4ec
• DTB with s5k4ec enabled

If you have installed any previous version, please remove it with something like this:

sudo apt-get remove --purge guvcview
sudo apt-get remove --purge libguvcview-1.1-1

Steps:

• Connect you camera module
• rename in SD card: [sdcard]/BOOT/pine64/sun50i-a64-pine64-plus.dtb to [sdcard]/BOOT/pine64/sun50i-a64-pine64-plus.dtb_no_camera
• copy the sun50i-a64-pine64-plus.dtb [sdcard]/BOOT/pine64/

Final steps

Run in the command line:

sudo /sbin/modprobe -r -f vfe_v4l2
sudo /sbin/modprobe -r -f s5k4ec 

or in Ubuntu:

sudo modprobe -r -f vfe_v4l2
sudo modprobe -r -f s5k4ec 

Now load the new driver after you update it:

sudo /sbin/modprobe s5k4ec 
sudo /sbin/modprobe vfe_v4l2

or the Ubuntu way:

sudo modprobe s5k4ec 
sudo modprobe vfe_v4l2

Now you should have /dev/video0 and check the sensor:

ls /dev/video0 

and

dmesg | grep OK

Or edit /etc/modules and add the two lines and reboot:

s5k4ec 
vfe_v4l2

**** This is a WiP - use at your own risk ****

Now use the modified Guvcview to see your camera working

Install dependencies from command line:

sudo apt-get install libmp3lame-dev libx264-dev libpulse-dev libv4l-dev libsdl1.2-dev libgtk-3-dev portaudio19-dev libpng12-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libpulse-dev libgsl0-dev libv4l-dev

Install the deb packages in Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 (Desktop)

Run from command line (version 2.0.2):

sudo dpkg -i libguvcview-1.1-1_2.0.2+debian-3_arm64.deb 
sudo dpkg -i guvcview_2.0.2+debian-3_arm64.deb

or

Run from command line (version 2.0.3):

sudo dpkg -i libguvcview-1.2-1_2.0.3+debian-1_arm64.deb 
sudo dpkg -i guvcview_2.0.3+debian-1_arm64.deb

Run:

guvcview (from command line) or use the menu

or

guvcview -d /dev/video0 -x 640x480 -r sdl -f yu12
guvcview -d /dev/video0 -x 640x480 -r sdl -f nv12

History

• Initial commit
• Fix for Gtk3 Gui to start correctly on any win size, you are now able to switch Resolutions
• additional instructions and updated deb
• Bumped version to 2.0.3 to prevent conflit with Debian Package and prepare to HW Encoder experiments