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by wltechblog 321 days ago
Most of the image/video related stuff is done in the hardware, as well as a bunch of other functionality that would be hard to do on a 1 watt cpu. Check out the block diagram of the T31 processor: https://en.ingenic.com.cn/products-detail/id-21.html

Our streamer (prudynt-t) communicates with those blocks to handle settings, overlays, etc and receives the pre-processed image/video/audio data, packages it up for rtsp//mjpeg/etc, and handles client connections, motion sending, day/night vision, etc.

This is the status quo for ip cameras regardless of vendor!
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cnst 320 days ago
How much memory do these cams have? What's the beefiest camera that's still a good value, e.g., cheap? Any support 5GHz yet?
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wltechblog 320 days ago
These processors range between 32 and 128 megabytes of ram, and a chunk of that is reserved at bootup for the hardware feature blocks.

We have a couple devices that support 5ghz, but I don't think any of them are on my favorites list. I picked up a Wansview G6 which is a light bulb format cam, my least favorite, but it was our first dual band device. More to follow!

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cnst 320 days ago
That seems very little RAM, do they even support ssh?

Is there a comparison table which devices have how much RAM etc?

BTW, do you know if Amcrest ASH21 are supported? They look identical to Imou Ranger 2 from the front, although Amcrest does have an RJ45 in the back, whereas Ranger 2 possible doesn't?

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wltechblog 320 days ago
Thingino has ssh. There are product docs available with the differences between chips, but in a nutshell X series have 128MB and others have 64, except for a newcomer (T23DL) that only has 32! For normal usage, 64MB is enough. The 32MB chip works well enough but you'll need to have an SD card inserted to do online firmware updates which otherwise isn't necessary.

If you don't see a specific device on our site, we either haven't seen one yet or we know it's not compatible. We rely on users to find new devices in the wild that we can port to, if you see an Ingenic chip in a cam not on the site let us know!

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asveikau 319 days ago
The link says up to one gigabit of ram which, aside from measuring as a gigabit being unusual, is 128mb.
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