Streamer with H264 encoded cam support
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe
It's not so much of a problem but asking on how to optimize a crowsnest setup with C920/930e running on rpi with klipper installed via kiauh.
C920/930e have an option which support providing x264 compressed stream from the camera. This would save additional processing overhead on rpi5.
Currently it seems crowsnest installer skips camera-streamer install on a rpi5, and ustreamer only does MJPEG severely limiting framerate
Describe the solution you'd like
Some advice on how to optimize setting for C920/930e with klipper/crowsnest on rpi-5
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optimize setting for C920/930e with klipper/crowsnest
Klipper has nothing to do with your cam.
Currently it seems crowsnest installer skips camera-streamer install on a rpi5
Even if we would not skip it, it doesn't support x264 encoding from a cam. So this FR would suit better in the camera-streamer repo.
Some advice on how to optimize setting for C920/930e with klipper/crowsnest on rpi-5
You say you want advice, but call it a feature request. So what is the feature request? That Crowsnest provides an option to use x264 of a cam? Crowsnest doesn't support any encoding. It only supports streamer, that support specific encoding of cameras. So if you want something like that, you would have to suggest a streamer that supports it and is working in Mainsail/Fluidd.
The answer about advice would be: Go to our Discord or GitHub discussions for camera settings advice, if you cannot tweak settings on your own. The GitHub issues are there for tracking FR and bugs with Crowsnest.
Overall I don't see a benefit atm to support another streamer just for x264 encoding, as I don't think there is a high user base for it currently. Also we would need some sponsoring, that we can get a cam for a few crew members, to test such a streamer, before adding it.
I let this open for now, as I'm open for discussion about a new streamer, but there won't be something coming with Crowsnest in the near future.