I had one working a while back on a pi 4 and 5, so it can be done.
Did you see “16. OV9281 Camera Not Working on New Raspberry Pi System” in the troubleshooting guide?:
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Actually, now that I think about it, I remember the process of getting it working on the PI5 was quite a challenge at the time. I think it required building a version of libcamera newer than the one in the rpi images. Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
These contain useful information:
viewtopic.php?p=2207574
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentati ... picam-apps
Hopefully things have progressed a bit since then, and you won’t have to do any of this, but start with the troubleshooting link at the top. Sorry I can’t be more helpful.
Did you see “16. OV9281 Camera Not Working on New Raspberry Pi System” in the troubleshooting guide?:
[Edit]
Actually, now that I think about it, I remember the process of getting it working on the PI5 was quite a challenge at the time. I think it required building a version of libcamera newer than the one in the rpi images. Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

These contain useful information:
viewtopic.php?p=2207574
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentati ... picam-apps
Hopefully things have progressed a bit since then, and you won’t have to do any of this, but start with the troubleshooting link at the top. Sorry I can’t be more helpful.
Statistics: Posted by sh0ck — Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:32 am