[josephernest]

Related: for some hardware project, I have a backend server (either C++ or python) receiving frames from an industrial camera, uncompressed.

And I need these frames displayed in a web browser client but on the same computer (instead of network trip like in this article).

How would you do this ?

I eventually did more or less like OP with uncompressed frames.

My goal is to minimize CPU usage on the computer. Would h264 compression be a good thing here given source and destination are the same machine?

Other ideas?

NB: this camera cannot be directly accessed by the browser.

[antisol]

> How would you do this ?

It depends. I have many questions.

> My goal is to minimize CPU usage on the computer. Would h264 compression be a good thing here given source and destination are the same machine?

No.

> Other ideas?

1. Why does it need to be displayed in a web browser (as opposed to more appropriate / better performing software specifically built for video)?

2. via what interface/library is the camera connected to the machine? What format/codec is the uncompressed stream you're getting from the camera?

3. I am available at very reasonable consulting rates

[josephernest]

Thanks.

1. It is part of a bigger web-browser dashboard/control interface and this camera display is just one component among many others.

2. Some of the (USB) cameras can have proprietary interfaces such as https://www.ximea.com/support/wiki/apis/python

How would you do in this situation, to have the video stream in the browser, with as low CPU usage as possible?

3. Not for this project but for a future project, feel free to put a link to your portfolio or contact page (even if you remove the comment later)