SkyLok/camera_example/README.md

camera_example

libcamera viewfinder (XRGB8888) -> libjpeg-turbo -> TCP. One client at a time.

Wire format: [uint32 BE jpeg_size][jpeg_bytes] repeating.

Knobs are constants at the top of camera.cpp (fps, quality, AF mode, lens position, port, resolution).

Build on the Pi

apt install g++ pkg-config libcamera-dev libevent-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev
make

Cross-build (x86 -> armv6l) on a Nix host

nix build

The resulting binary links against /nix/store, so it only runs on a Pi that has those libs available (i.e. nix installed). For a vanilla Pi OS target, use the Makefile on the device, or ./deploy.sh user@host to rsync+build.

Receive

Any TCP client that reads the framed JPEGs. Quick check:

nc <pi-ip> 5000 | ffplay -f mjpeg -