remove uv4l "software by http://linux-project.org" watermark

Question

Using the Compute Module & IO Board, I installed uv4l. I'm just not sure why this "software by http://linux-project.org" watermark showed up only when I use Stereoscopic Vision.

(No watermark when I use Dual Cameras separately: https://www.linux-projects.org/uv4l/tutorials/dual-cameras/)

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Is there a way that I could hide/remove the watermark?

Also the stream itself works, but I can't get webrtc to work for dual camera at all.

• rob: try setting –text-annotation-background no and –text-overlay disabled, but sounds like a bug
• l489977: According to the developer feedback, "watermark on the compute module can be removed if UV4L is intended to be used commercially"....

Answer 1

Instead of using uv4l's raspicam driver to driver the raspberry pi camera, you can use the kernel-based bcm2835-v4l2 driver. Just modprobe it and enable it using raspi-config, and you should have a /dev/video0 file.

After the device file appears, you can start uv4l with these options:

uv4l --external-driver --device-name=video0

The text overlay will be gone, and the rest of uv4l's features should work.

Answer 2

Set the following in motion.conf and it will be removed:

v4l2_palette 8

Answer 3

None of these worked for me.

Send a mail to [email protected] asking them to remove the watermark stating the reason you are using for (project/thesis/commercial). They will ask you to mail the output of uv4l driver serial number provided you give credits in which you use it for.

Answer 4

Since no one did provide a step by step solution, let me help you out.

In my case, uv4l installed with a service running at boot. I wrote another service, but a quick and easy way is to edit the service installed by uv4l.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/uv4l_raspicam.service

Now change this:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/uv4l -f -k --sched-fifo --mem-lock --config-file=/etc/uv4l/uv4l-raspicam.conf --driver raspicam --driver-config-file=/etc/uv4l/uv4l-raspicam.conf --server-option=--editable-config-file=/etc/uv4l/uv4l-raspicam.conf

into this:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/uv4l -f -k --sched-fifo --mem-lock --config-file=/etc/uv4l/uv4l-raspicam.conf --external-driver --device-name=video0 --server-option=--editable-config-file=/etc/uv4l/uv4l-raspicam.conf

Reload the systemctl daemon:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Restart the service:

sudo service uv4l_raspicam restart 

Check the status:

sudo service uv4l_raspicam status

Last line should state something similar to:

May 13 12:02:00 raspberrypi uv4l[7155]: <notice> [driver] Using video device /dev/video0

I hope I helped a lot of you :)

Answer 5

Just use sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2 and change the input device to /dev/video0.

• Dmitry Grigoryev: This is exactly what the top-voted answer suggests.