IP Camera in Freeboard
I'd like to get an IP camera to assist with docking, viewing the stream through the Freeboard UI.
Before I go out and get one, are there any particular requirements of what will and will not work?
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Is Freeboard the right tool for the job? Would opening a new window with the video be more suitable?
FSK can surface a Picture in Picture of a video stream compatible the native browser / html function.
In settings go to the video section and check
enable video and provide a url to the video stream.
This will place a camera button on the right of screen to open the video.
Note this feature is totally dependent on the browser support for the PiP function.PiP works well if I just put in the URL of an MP4 hosted somewhere, just needed to confirm requirements for the camera before I purchase.
So, anything that can provide a HTML5 video stream.
Shouldn't be too hard to find.
@Captain Would be interested in which model you are going with. Thanks
I've ordered this one.
Bottom line is that I have not found a camera that will just stream mp4. This one (and just about all IP cams) supports RTSP. It should be pretty trivial to put that through ffmpeg and convert it to something I can stream to FB.
This could be an option too.
https://github.com/deepch/RTSPtoWebRTC