ip cameras and micropython

[katesfb]

Hi,
We currently have a project that uses a raspberry pi to store images recorded using an IP camera connected to the Ethernet port. Is it possible to do this using, say, the pyboard/ESP8266 based boards and an Ethernet adapter like the WIZ820. I know there are dedicated camera boards that run micro-python but we would like to stick with the IP cameras if possible.

Any ideas on this would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

[jickster]

What specifics do you have questions on?

Are you open to writing C/C++ code or do you want to write only Python?


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[pythoncoder]

The ESP8266 is really only appropriate if you need a WiFi connection, and even then it has limited RAM. An SD card can be supported, but I wouldn't try adding a wired Ethernet adapter. The Pyboard is a better platform for larger projects.

If you want a wired connection a Pyboard with a supported Ethernet adapter is the way to go. Given that the connection to the camera is over Ethernet I can't see any obvious reason why the application shouldn't be written in Python. Where is the data to be stored? On a local SD card or on a remote server?

[pfalcon]

I recently looked into IP cameras/video processing using MicroPython too. For example, I coded up a protype RTSP client which can save H.264 videostream to disk and would like to extend that to be able to play it on screen. SDL bindings are actually early result of that work.

Taking just RTSP client + saving on storage, the code for that would definitely fit to ESP8266, but I'm not so sure it would have enough networking/CPU/storage speed to process a realistic IP camera videostream bandwidth. It might have, with some optimizations, and it would be a cute demo indeed.