Can you give any recommendations for a Perl video streaming module?
Usually, I would ask Google but all I get are video tutorials for learning Perl.

Here is what I am vaguely thinking of doing in case anyone can offer any specific help.

We have a bluetit nesting in our new birdbox. Being above the back door, it cannot be seen from inside the house and we thought it would be nice to be able to observe its comings and going. Nice for us, perhaps not so much for the bluetits. So, I've bought a WiFi camera, built a little box for it and set it up opposite the birdbox. It works OK but the only way to use the camera is to use the mobile app. I thought it might be nice to be able to do something else with the stream, perhaps monitor it for movement or display it on a bigger screen.

So I thought about trying to capture the video stream using a Perl script on a computer permanently hooked up to the network. Once I've got the stream, it should be relatively trivial to do whatever I want with it.

The other thing I need to do is power the camera with a solar panel instead of having to bring it inside to charge every few hours.

Any suggestions appreciated although this is nothing more than a fun project...perhaps better labelled as a means to procrastination!

In reply to Video streaming module by Bod

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