Re:Ask HN: Advice on a live video processing project
by pedrolins on Thursday February 24, 2022 @07:07PM
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Yeah, the Pi would definitely be a better choice for this but even the Pi Zero would be 2x the price of the ESP32CAM I'm using (which in the country I live isn't as cheap as in the US).
> I've had a small amount of experience with this sort of thing, though not with the full blown streaming apps like OBS
My main issue has been to understand the workflow around livestreaming video. I have ok knowledge of networking but just hadn't really come across this domain, though thank you for sharing.
As for your setup I'm wondering why you chose to use a microcontroller on the camera side instead of something more powerful like a RasberryPi. I would think the later would give you more options and I doubt the cost difference would be very significant to the overall project.