Change mjpg-streamer settings in the raspi image- add user/password

Nandox7

Hi,

I'm using the repetier-server raspi image and I have the webcam externally available.
Problem is I can't find way to alter the mjpg-streamer startup params as I'd like to enable to option to ask for username/password.

Is there a file where that is stored and can be edited? 
Previously I had my own custom raspi image and I could easily make this change.

Thanks

Repetier

You need to provide user and password in the url. If webcam uses digest authentication (default popup with credentials) you need a link like this

http://admin:password@10.0.0.7/mjpeg/snap.cgi?chn=1

server will detect this and run authentication in that case.

Nandox7

Thanks for the reply.
I think that is not exactly it, that would be in case the webcam had some authentication method built-in.

Here I don't have any authentication method in the webcam, so I want o add it at the mjpg-streamer level.
The output_http plugin provides that option: https://github.com/jacksonliam/mjpg-streamer/blob/master/mjpg-streamer-experimental/plugins/output_http/README.md

---
mjpg_streamer [input plugin options] -o 'output_http.so [options]'

---------------------------------------------------------------
The following parameters can be passed to this plugin:

[-w | --www ]...........: folder that contains webpages in 
                          flat hierarchy (no subfolders)
[-p | --port ]..........: TCP port for this HTTP server
[-c | --credentials ]...: ask for "username:password" on connect
[-n | --nocommands ]....: disable execution of commands
---------------------------------------------------------------
---

So what I need is a way to start the mjpg-streamer service passing the --credentials param to the output_htt plugin.
But in the server the only options I have is to set resolution and framerate.

Repetier

Ok, you want it on start of mjpg streamer. Thought you wanted auth for an other webcam with password.

You need to edit the start script of mjpg_streamer. Check /usr/local/RepetierSetup/bin there is teh start script for streamer and you can add your params there.

Nandox7

Perfect thank you.
Just looked into it and have it working now.

PS: The code in github is quite old right? Not worth sending a pull request for it as I'm exposing this params in the UI.

Repetier

Yes, we are closed source for years so no updates on old server on github.