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RaspberryPi Camera Viewer on Windows Pc

Developed By: BigDotSoftware

License: Free

Rating: 4,3/5 - 69 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	4.2
Size	13.2 MB
Release Date	July 28, 16
Category	Communication Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (6)]
What's New: Refactored version. Major change is support for plugins. Starting from version 4,0 you can write your own plugins for RasberryPi Camera Viewer. Starting from 4... [see more]
Description from Developer: Application has been originally designed to view camera stream from hardware Raspberry Pi cameras. To build the stream, gstreamer has been chosen as the best open source multimedia... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download RaspberryPi Camera Viewer and install on Windows PC. RaspberryPi Camera Viewer is free Communication app, developed by BigDotSoftware. Latest version of RaspberryPi Camera Viewer is 4.2, was released on 2016-07-28 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of RaspberryPi Camera Viewer is 4,3. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 69 users, 6 users had rated it 5*, 47 users had rated it 1*.

How to install RaspberryPi Camera Viewer on Windows?

Instruction on how to install RaspberryPi Camera Viewer on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install RaspberryPi Camera Viewer on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install RaspberryPi Camera Viewer using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "RaspberryPi Camera Viewer" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install RaspberryPi Camera Viewer on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "RaspberryPi Camera Viewer" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 4.2.

Download RaspberryPi Camera Viewer 4.2 on Windows PC – 13.2 MB

Application has been originally designed to view camera stream from hardware Raspberry Pi cameras. To build the stream, gstreamer has been chosen as the best open source multimedia framework. During the time number of desired features and configuration options grow, so application is morphing into gstreamer viewer. In current version you are able to build any pipeline (in gstreamer format) and view it on any Android device

Starting from version 4.0 you can create your own plugins. More details on github: https://github.com/pzuk/raspberry-pi-camera-viewer-plugins/

You can also easily embed RaspberryPi Camera Viewer to your Android application
More details on github: https://github.com/pzuk/raspberry-pi-camera-viewer-embedded-example

Current version is backward compatible with previous versions, so if you still want to watch stream from your RaspberryPi only, please follow points below:
1. Connect RaspberryPi Camera board
2. ssh to your Raspberry Pi and launch:
raspivid -n -t 0 -h 200 -w 320 -fps 25 -hf -b 2000000 -o - | gst-launch-1.0 -v fdsrc ! h264parse ! rtph264pay config-interval=1 pt=96 ! gdppay ! tcpserversink host=192.168.0.20 port=5000
where host=192.168.0.20 should be replaced by your RaspberryPI IP address.

Low latency version:
1. Connect RaspberryPi Camera board
2. ssh to your Raspberry Pi and launch:
raspivid -t 0 -hf -n -h 480 -w 640 -fps 15 -o - | nc -l -p 5001
3. Open RaspberryPi Camera Viewer and launch pipeline:
tcpclientsrc host=192.168.0.20 port=5001 ! queue2 max-size-buffers=1 ! decodebin ! autovideosink sync=false

More information about low latency experiment with Android, Raspberry Pi and Gstreamer: https://pzuk.wordpress.com/2015/12/29/android-raspberry-pi-camera-low-latency-via-gstreamer/

Refactored version. Major change is support for plugins. Starting from version 4,0 you can write your own plugins for RasberryPi Camera Viewer. Starting from 4.1 you can embed Gstreamer Camera Preview in your applications. More details and example code: https://github.com/pzuk/raspberry-pi-camera-viewer-plugins/

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.