Using external hardware

[moltar]

Is it possible to use an external hardware box to capture and process the feed?

E.g. I don't want to load my system more than necessary, so I was thinking of using an old laptop, or even some dedicated hardware box, to capture the feed via, perhaps, HDMI or USB-C and then do the processing externally.

Would you feel like it'd provide a perf win over just using it locally?

[louis030195]

@moltar in fact someone did it, running screenpipe on a cloud machine that uses local mics & screens, will share how to do so

[louis030195]

ssh -R 4713:localhost:4713 -X remote-user@remote-host bash -c "PULSE_SERVER=localhost /opt/screen-pipe/target/release/screenpipe"

was on a linux local & remote setup

can probably be hacked around with different local OS too, maybe you can ask sabrehagen_ on discord how he did it more in details

[louis030195]

@moltar also would you use cloud based solution to process transcriptions and screen text?

[moltar]

I am not opposed to the cloud on a privacy principle.

My main issue is that my internet is unstable; thus, I wanted to use a locally networked machine.

[louis030195]

@moltar we did some optims, screenpipe only uses 600 mb to 4 gb and 10-30% cpu on mac book pro m3, LMK any news on this :)

[thekumbhaj]

Hey @moltar hope your work in progress,
let me know

[roxxid]

Any luck with this? I wanna run the backend and store my data as it is generated on my home server using a docker container, but I am guessing I need to install the desktop app on my machines which can record the data and stream it to the backend?