- Where did you get the camera module(s)?
- Model number of the product(s)?
Hawkeye 64MP B0399
- What hardware/platform were you working on?
headless Raspberry Pi 4B running bookworm, I SSH into it from a windows laptop
- Instructions you have followed. (link/manual/etc.)
Quick Start Guide from Arducam wiki. I have not installed the focus software onto my pi (for the Hawkeye focus features) and I have a arducam pan/tilt kit that I have not yet hooked up as I’m working on the installation one step at a time.
- Problems you were having?
I think the camera is installed correctly - rpicam-still with the JPEG option results in a good jpeg file.
when I run rpicam-hello, I get no popup video window and here is the stuff that shows up in my SSH terminal window:
$ rpicam-hello
[0:50:38.553519469] [1979] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:326 libcamera v0.5.1+127-81ec2a3b-dirty (2025-07-23T03:47:08BST)
[0:50:38.610752625] [1982] WARN RPiSdn sdn.cpp:40 Using legacy SDN tuning - please consider moving SDN inside rpi.denoise
[0:50:38.613567607] [1982] INFO RPI vc4.cpp:448 Registered camera /base/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/arducam_64mp@1a to Unicam device /dev/media0 and ISP device /dev/media2
[0:50:38.613740847] [1982] INFO RPI pipeline_base.cpp:1146 Using configuration file ‘/usr/share/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/vc4/arducam_64mp.yaml’
Made X/EGL preview window
Made DRM preview window
Preview window unavailable
Mode selection for 4624:3472:12:P
SRGGB10_CSI2P,1280x720/0 - Score: 13359.2
SRGGB10_CSI2P,1920x1080/0 - Score: 11359.2
SRGGB10_CSI2P,2312x1736/0 - Score: 9096
SRGGB10_CSI2P,3840x2160/0 - Score: 5359.24
SRGGB10_CSI2P,4624x3472/0 - Score: 1000
SRGGB10_CSI2P,8000x6000/0 - Score: 2476.58
SRGGB10_CSI2P,9152x6944/0 - Score: 3041.47
Stream configuration adjusted
[0:50:38.655017030] [1979] INFO Camera camera.cpp:1205 configuring streams: (0) 4624x3472-YUV420/sYCC (1) 4624x3472-SRGGB10_CSI2P/RAW
[0:50:38.655438342] [1982] INFO RPI vc4.cpp:623 Sensor: /base/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/arducam_64mp@1a - Selected sensor format: 4624x3472-SRGGB10_1X10 - Selected unicam format: 4624x3472-pRAA
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I suspect because I’m using a headless pi 4b and remoting from a windows laptop over my home wifi network, that might be the reason a preview window does not show up. Does rpicam stream a video IP on my home network that I have to use VLC to play, for instance?
- The dmesg log from your hardware?
please advise what dmesg command you want me to run.
- Troubleshooting attempts you’ve made?
searched google for a few minutes. searched the forum here for a few minutes to try to find out a solution or what is going on.
- What help do you need?
How do I get a video window showing me what the camera is seeing? A video window would be helpful for monitoring the focus changes when I get around to installing/using the focus stuff and later the pan/tilt system I will be adding when I get video window and focus stuff figured out.