This is a crucial step when using the Pi Zero W. If you use BalenaEtcher to write the SD card image you do not need to extract anything. On Windows I used 7-zip to extract the image from the archive. Write the img file to a microSD card (e.g.Download image from the official GitHub releases page.For the Pi Zero you need to download the image compatible with the “Raspberry Pi” rather than those available for the Pi 2, Pi 3 and Pi 4. MotionEyeOS is available for a number of different hardware platforms. Step 1 – Download motionEyeOS SD Card Image You can use a different sized SD card but I think 16GB is a good starting point.

I chose a standard camera rather than the Pi NoIR version as I’ve got standard motion activated flood lights which can provide illumination at night.

Raspberry Pi Zero W (or Pi Zero with WiFi dongle).

The components you will need for this project are : The following instructions explain how to quickly create a motionEyeOS based CCTV camera with a Pi Zero W. The Pi Zero W would also allow me to put the camera in a place where I had no Ethernet available. By using the ZeroView mount even this stage can be straightforward. MotionEyeOS makes it so easy to setup a security camera and the difficult bit is usually the practicality of physically mounting it all. This is a mount for the Pi Zero that lets you stick a Pi camera to a glass window. I wanted to use a Pi Zero W so I could mount it inside my conservatory using a Pi Hut “ZeroView”. After the successful deployment of my first motionEyeOS Pi CCTV camera last year I was keen to get another security camera setup.

Raspberry pi zero setup