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by kdkeyser 1897 days ago
This would be interesting to integrate into https://github.com/openmiko/openmiko which is a firmware for the T20 based ip-cameras.

Right now, I am not aware of any cheap ip camera that can stream its H264 video to a regular web browser, with sub 500 ms latency. All manufacturers seem to have moved to an app, I guess they can show an RTSP stream in that way.

Older ip cameras had MJPEG which you could view in the browser, but that is really inefficient w.r.t. bandwidth.
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tssva 1897 days ago
The stock Wyze and Xiaomi firmware for their T20 based cameras both use WebRTC to stream the video to their apps.
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kdkeyser 1897 days ago
Any background info/links to this? The Wyze forum comes up empty, only some discussions on WebRTC being complex to add.
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tssva 1895 days ago
When the Pan cam was initially released I bought a couple of them and hacked on them for a while. examining the original firmware quickly revealed they were using WebRTC for the video. At least at the time almost all the cameras based on the Ingenic T series chips used the same backend service. It has been a couple of years so my memory fails on the name. The marketing material for the service mentioned the use of WebRTC.
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