Thingino

Open-source Firmware for Ingenic SoC IP Cameras

In my continual pursuit to have as many hobbies as possible, I've been working with the #Thingino devs to bolster their firmware for the #wyzecamv3's.

If you're not familiar, Thingino is a standalone firmware for #Ingenic #t20 & #t31 based cameras. Instead of running an overlay that runs in ramdisk, these directly overwrite (while creating a backup) the original firmware with their own including standard camera features such as an #RTSP & #ONVIF server, a decent web interface, PTZ features (where applicable), night/day detection and integration for motion detection and lots of integrations such as mqtt, telegram etc.

It sprung out of several other projects (e.g. #gtxaspec's wz_mini) and has compatibility with a great number of Ingenic camera platforms.

Unfortunately, the newer Ingenic cameras include secureboot so they won't boot unless you replace the soc with one that doesn't have it enabled, which is beyond most folks capabilities/desires. Nevermind sourcing the SOC.

I'm pondering pulling out my oscilloscope and trying to glitch one of the t41 based cameras to try recovering it's key 😶

@awkward Those feeds and repos seem focused on video output from OpenWRT. SDL2, Vulkan, QT5, Cairo... all GUI related frameworks and drivers. EDID is even in there to detect monitor capabilities.

I'm asking about the video capture side of IP cameras. Between my Neos, Ubiquiti, Tapo and Dahua cameras, only the Neos have an alternative firmware at the moment,
#thingino, and the Tapo (C210) may be replaceable courtesy of #openipc.

All are feeding into
#frigate at the moment so viewing the output is not an issue.

The hunt continues.
I think my desire for a #openwrt style generic firmware for IP cameras has been partially answered by #thingino :-)

https://thingino.com/

Have just reflashed two Neos Smartcams, aka Wyse Cam 2, Xiaomi iSC5, Atom Cam 1. Got them dirt cheap on eBay since Neos shut down their UK operations in November, and they were 'streaming only'
Thingino

Open-source Firmware for Ingenic SoC IP Cameras