strop VS moonfire-nvr

I am completely rewriting strop, (the code sucks, and I know Rust a lot better than when I started, so I wanted to make it a bit better structured and more idiomatic). And I like to have static analysis make sure my code has certain qualities, so I stick this:

Do you think it's an architecture for strop then? It has a focus on code-generation on platforms not well supported by mainstream compilers

Here is a project for generating code for CPUs that do not have much support from mainstream compilers. Currently supported are the 6502 and the STM8 (I'll possibly be adding others in the future, feature requests welcome).

I could use some help on my project strop. Feel free to take a look and see if it's the kind of thing you feel you could contribute to! but be aware that the quality of the codebase is poor. There's a pull request to address this though.

It is my first time of making a Rust library. Actually, my project strop has been a binary crate and only recently have I started trying to use it from a different crate. This is happening on the breakapart branch.

Still working on a big rewrite of strop.

If you're offering free help, then I could use some help with my project strop. (TL;DR: instead of compiling code, it's evolving code. And it has a focus on architectures that don't have good support from mainstream compilers, but I'm open to adding other architectures as well).

My frustration with this kind of situation (and PICs are not unique here, the 6502, CP1600 and other very low end chips have similarly problematic toolchaining) led me to invent strop, for evolving code sequences. It has some basic PIC support.

Hadn't thought of this. I even encountered it recently too.

I am still working on strop. (TL;DR alternative to compiled code, it's evolved code. Tell it which function you want and which registers to use, and it'll randomly generate an assembly language program that does what you wanted)

How do folks test timing-related stuff with MSW? AFAIK, MSW doesn't get along with jest.useFakeTimers. It drives me nuts; I have a bunch of disabled tests in an open-source project and at least one that is flaky because it uses real timers where I'd like to be using fake timers. [1, 2]

I've been thinking about ripping out MSW from my tests in favor of my own API-level mock for this reason. But it seems like many other folks are happy with MSW. I have to assume there's something I'm not getting. I'm a fish out of water with frontend stuff in general...

[1] https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr/blob/5ea5d27908f1a...

[2] https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr/blob/5ea5d27908f1a...

> I wonder how hard it would be to run your own streamer pipeline or whatnot on these things?

Agree with the_biot: The actual streaming component is not too hard. If this were the biggest problem, I'd be thrilled to contribute to an open source streaming server to complement my open source NVR. [1] The driver situation is indeed a bit harder—these things don't just have mainline Linux support with v4l2 for the video input and encoder. Or open source drivers of any kind to crib from AFAIK.

The biggest problem IMHO is that there just aren't any good cameras to buy, even completely ignoring the software aspect. I want a camera that:

1. doesn't support genocide. Nothing that involves Dahua, Hikvision, or Huawei. See IPVM articles on the subject. And a lot of available cameras are relabeled Dahua/Hikvision stuff and/or use Huawei components.

2. is legal for sale / authorized for use in the US. (See the Secure Equipment Act of 2021.)

3. has good night mode performance: IR/day switch, a sensor that is at least 1/1.8", reasonable resolution (somewhere from HD to 4k).

4. has an "eyeball" or "turret" form factor rather than "bullet". The latter seems to really attract spiders, so you end up with a really nice video of a web...

5. supports PoE.

6. is weatherized (IP66 or so).

7. is reasonably priced.

If you ignore #1 and #2, there's some nice hardware out there, but I'm not willing to do that. If you ignore #3, there are a few options (GeoVision, maybe Reolink, maybe Hanwha.) If you ignore #4 and #7, there might be a couple (Axis, maybe Hanwha.) Nothing that ticks all the boxes.

Hard to get excited about investing a lot in the software when the hardware isn't there.

[1] https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr

saw one nvr project in rust - https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr - maybe you can find answer there

Moonfire NVR does basically that. No decoding at all. The configuration process could be smoother, but there's a decent setup guide to follow.

This is exactly what you're looking for: https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr

But I would definitely avoid compiling Rust on the Raspberry Pi 3 if you can avoid it. I set up a Docker cross-compile environment for this reason.

Moonfire may be what you're looking for otherwise.

That last bit's not quite true: another option is to just use the cameras as a dumb stream source and do all the fanciness in an open source NVR. I've been slowly working on moonfire-nvr. Help welcome!

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