🔥 Reolink Camera Control & Visualization

This repository contains two main components:

1. A FastAPI backend, running on a Raspberry Pi connected to a Reolink PTZ camera, handling camera control and live streaming with FFmpeg.
2. A Dash-based frontend app, providing an easy web interface to control the camera remotely.

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📸 Step 1 – Run the FastAPI backend on the Raspberry Pi

The FastAPI app is responsible for controlling the Reolink camera and managing the video stream using FFmpeg (no MediaMTX required).

👉 To set it up:

• Install ffmpeg on the Pi.
• Configure your .env file with the camera login details.
• Launch the FastAPI server.

Once running, the API will be accessible at:

http://<pi_ip>:8000

You can interact with the API via Swagger UI at:

http://<pi_ip>:8000/docs

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💻 Step 2 – Run the Dash frontend (on your local machine)

This is the visualization and remote control interface for your camera.

1. Set the Raspberry Pi IP

Open the file:

platform/app.py

And update the Pi IP address:

TARGET_IP = "<your-pi-ip>"

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2. Install dependencies

From the platform/ folder, install Python packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

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3. Run the Dash app

python app.py

Then open your browser at:

http://127.0.0.1:8050

You will be able to view the video stream and control the camera movements and zoom.

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✅ Requirements

• Raspberry Pi connected to a Reolink PTZ camera
• Python 3.11+
• FFmpeg installed on the Raspberry Pi
• Local machine to run the Dash frontend