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   The Natural Philosopher to All   
   Re: How to display a camera stream   
   02 Feb 26 15:03:25   
   
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   On 02/02/2026 13:57, Adrian wrote:   
   > What I'd like to do is to attach a screen to the Pi (which is attached    
   > to the cabinet), and use that instead.ÿ My question is how to do that.     
   > The Pi has neither mouse nor keyboard attached to it, so I need a means    
   > of telling the Pi (ideally at boot time) to display the camera stream on    
   > that display.ÿ How do I do that ? I did consider a simple CCTV setup,    
   > but would that preclude remote viewing ?   
   >    
   all Pis above a Pico have HDMI output. so you can attach a screen to    
   that and run a GUI   
      
      
   If you want to run the Pios Linux in 'kiosk' mode that can be done.    
   Auto login and set the program you want to run in the user startup menu   
      
   > Also, any recommendations for a suitable display to use.ÿ Ideally    
   > something no bigger than A5 as space is a tight.   
      
   e.g.    
   https://thepihut.com/products/3-2-ips-hdmi-lcd-display-for-raspb   
   rry-pi-480x800    
   ?   
      
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