{"id":5604,"date":"2013-09-01T20:10:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2013-09-01T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T20:10:07","slug":"how-to-compile-the-raspberrypi-camera-module-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5604","title":{"rendered":"How to compile the #RaspberryPi camera module software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.modmypi.com\/image\/cache\/data\/raspberry-pi-expansion-boards\/raspberry-pi\/raspberry-pi-camera-board-close-800x800.JPG?resize=560%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Martin O&#8217;Hanlon has been doing some work on the video recording software, RaspiVid, for the camera module. He&#8217;s written some instructions on how to do this yourself. 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