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I'm looking at RTP/SIP stacks but don't know where to start. What are Live555, MPEG DASH, oRTP, and ffmpeg? Can they run on a PIC? I'm thinking 720p at 15 or 30 ips.

I have code working to upload videos onto an Amazon server, but I don't know how to do it real time, from a microprocessor.

I saw questions like this and this but didn't see an adequate solution.

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  • This is really a software question; the PIC will be able to handle RTP and SIP framing (have a look at pjsip if you want code), but not video compression. So that has to be done in the camera submodule. – pjc50 Jun 19 '15 at 22:54

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This question can only be answered once we know your resolution/framerate requirements. In general, I would consider the answer is a simple "No, it can't be done; the processing power is not enough".

You're probably better off with a system which has hardware interfaces for such tasks (e.g. CSI or MIPI) and can offload the required power to hardware.

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What are Live555, MPEG DASH, oRTP, and ffmpeg?

  • Live555 is a company which provides a variety of media streaming applications, including the Live555 Media Server.

  • MPEG DASH is a protocol for transmitting MPEG video over HTTP. It's not a specific piece of software; I'll ignore it from here on.

  • oRTP is a library implementing the RTP streaming protocol.

  • ffmpeg is a general-purpose audio/video transcoding application.

Can they run on a PIC?

Almost certainly not. All of these libraries and tools are intended for use on systems running a full operating system, e.g, Linux. The system resources available on a PIC32 (e.g, 128 KB SRAM, 2 MB flash) are probably insufficient for the task, particularly considering that you would also need to implement a full network stack on the device!

  • Thank you!!! How do existing IP cameras, or Dropcam, do it then? – jwu Jun 19 '15 at 23:18
  • In the case of Dropcam, the device contains an [Ambarella A5s SoC](http://www.ambarella.com/products/security-ip-cameras) — a rather powerful processor designed *specifically* for IP cameras which includes a hardware video encoder — as well as 256 MB of DRAM and various other bits of support hardware. –  Jun 20 '15 at 00:29
  • How do you know all this?! You're so smart hahaha. I would upvote but I'm new and don't have enough reputation. Okay, so if you were building a quadcopter to livestream to the cloud/a phone, but the quad had limited processing power, how would you go about it? What microprocessor(s) would you use and how would you deal with the RTP/SIP? – jwu Jun 20 '15 at 15:16