If you use a raspberry pi per printer with octoprint and a camera, it can record and/or provide external access to a view of the printer. It has an interesting feature of waiting till the end of each layer and moving the head out of the way and taking a picture for great build videos. It can work with the small wifi enabled pies. And can also handle a queue of things to be printed.
See Octoprint.org ... it is an open source project. You can roll-your-own or use their full kits. There are other similar options. Astroprint.com has a similar product that is a branch of an early version of octoprint. It too can support a camera. Probably a better answer (or more robust) is MatterControl by MatterHackers.com ... well supported software. On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 3:10 PM Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote: > > We're setting up a few 3D printers at the college, and one of the needs is a > publicly-viewable camera where students can see if their print is working or > if it has stopped for some reason. We'll point a standard IP security camera > at the printer[s] - students should be able to view the camera with a phone > or computer, on or off campus. > > It seems silly (though maybe it's not) to set up a YouTube livestream, but > what I'd like to do is set up a Linux server to stream to viewers. Many of > these 3D prints take over 24 hours to complete, and it's like watching grass > grow, so I don't expect a huge surge in viewers. Perhaps we'll use a > password for access. > > Does anyone have experience with something like this, or should I go with > YouTube or some other streaming service? > > Thanks, > Curt Lundgren > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ><> ... Jack If you are not paying for something, you are not a consumer, you are the product. - Chamath Palihapitiya "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Ben Franklin -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
