OpenIPC: Alternative open firmware for your IP camera

tpmx wrote: post #2

Seems like e.g. (most of) the sensor drivers are binary blobs. Some examples: Ambarella S3L: https://github.com/OpenIPC/firmware/tree/master/general/pack... Some HiSilicon chipset: https://github.com/OpenIPC/firmware/tree/master/general/pack... Edit: A smaller subset of sensors have some code here: https://github.com/OpenIPC/sensors

Yup, also the userspace application that does the actual streaming is closed-source as well: https://github.com/OpenIPC/majestic

(The git repo is for bug reports only, no source-code there)

Re: OpenIPC: Alternative open firmware for your IP camera

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Post by fcpk » Sun, Oct 08, 2023, 6:39 PM UTC

Totally random question there but... Any recommendations of cameras that are currently easily available(say amazon, aliexpress, etc) and support this while having good/verygood image quality?

Re: OpenIPC: Alternative open firmware for your IP camera

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Oct 08, 2023, 6:54 PM UTC

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Re: OpenIPC: Alternative open firmware for your IP camera

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Post by snvzz » Sun, Oct 08, 2023, 6:54 PM UTC

nirav72 wrote: post #3

For those curious if their devices are supported. The list is here: https://github.com/OpenIPC/wiki/blob/master/en/guide-support...

Finally, a way to decide which IP camera to buy.

Re: OpenIPC: Alternative open firmware for your IP camera

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Post by s1gnp0st » Sun, Oct 08, 2023, 7:02 PM UTC

fcpk wrote: post #5

Totally random question there but... Any recommendations of cameras that are currently easily available(say amazon, aliexpress, etc) and support this while having good/verygood image quality?

Seconded. I previously bought some that I thought were supported, before finding out that they are not. It'd be great to know whether anyone has had success with particular hardware.

Re: OpenIPC: Alternative open firmware for your IP camera

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Post by snthd » Sun, Oct 08, 2023, 7:04 PM UTC

https://openipc.org/support-open-source

>It's Open Source

>Price of the Firmware

>The right to use the OpenIPC firmware and its components is granted to all users free of charge and only for personal, non-commercial purposes. If you are interested in using OpenIPC for your business projects, please contact our team.

Re: OpenIPC: Alternative open firmware for your IP camera

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Post by snthd » Sun, Oct 08, 2023, 7:07 PM UTC

Another IP Camera thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36447024