ustreamer VS Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi

FYI until recently this was known as 'rtsp-simple-server', but it outgrew simply being a RTSP server so it was rebranded. It is commonly used in the 3D printing community for serving webcams attached to printers along with ustreamer (https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer).

uStreamer is far superior to the mjpgstreamer utility that nearly everyone uses. It supports the Pi's OMX media encoder, so you can get reasonable quality with low CPU usage.

I've been in the same situation as you and have been looking into https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer as an alternative to mpjg-streamer under Raspian Bullseye with the unicam driver and the Media Controller API framework.

Maybe look at https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer

I've done work before where we stream USB cameras via mjpg using https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer

Granted this project looks like a lot more streamlined.

pikvm is open source as well: https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm

In fact, TinyPilot is based on ustreamer, that is developed by Maxim Devaem, the pikvm creator: https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer

I was reading about the TinyPilot rPI-based KVM-over-IP project which essentially uses a UVC adapter to provide video for KVM over IP. It uses ustreamer, a no-nonsense way to stream such devices.

Another option is to control a power-hungry NAS with a PiKVM device.

Got the idea from this youtuber[1], he has some nice ideas on setting up a home server.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jNJDaztqk&t=395s

[2] https://pikvm.org/

This is a popular one: https://pikvm.org/

I think it would be better to explore standalone KVM options like the Asus card on in another motherboard, it just seems to be a standard BMC chip, or something like the PiKVM (https://pikvm.org/) - I think it would make life easier for you if you could find an external solution that works - meaning you could potentially plug and play it on other devices as needed - or even buy multiples.

So I got a Libre AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) to play around with but all the ideas I see online are about emulating games, running a nas, running ad blocker, vpn server, 3d printer, website hosting. All these just seem like these would be better to run on an actual server or the ideas are lame, basic, and overused. I just want some useful things that only these single board computers can do to justify their purpose. I like stuff like the PiKVM or wireless usb like VirtualHere. The Arduino has their spot for robotics and what not, but what do SBC have to offer besides being small and broad purpose? Stuff like can I make it auto start my car in the morning, attached it to a pcie port on my pc, make a cellular wifi hotspot modem thing, make a smart tv, make a robot with AI, bypass wifi router settings, make a smart door deadbolt or smart window blinds, AI caht bots, transmit landline calls to the internet, drones with facial recognition, spy balloons, kiss under the bicycle racks in walmart, watch the rat movie that cooks food, ratatoot toot, overthrow the government? Those types of ideas are stuff I see as useful but also I want to look up later if those are something that exists already.

It's not a kvm as you're imagining it. The topology would be your work computer plugged into pikvm, say. There's no fucking about with anything on your computer or moving cables around etc., you simply access your work computer from a browser session on any other device - in your case your computer.

pikvm is open source as well: https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm

In fact, TinyPilot is based on ustreamer, that is developed by Maxim Devaem, the pikvm creator: https://github.com/pikvm/ustreamer