Local network camera option#388

Have a button to show the local network camera stream from octoprint in high fps

Unfortunately, from a technical standpoint, that is no longer possible to do.

SimplyPrint is a cloud service, running over the internet; that means we’re not on your local network. Previouisly, about ~3 years ago, we did check “Are you on the same IP as your printer?”, and if so, we tried to reach the local stream via your browser. But as of 2023 or so, that became “frowned upon” in browsers, citing security concerns.

So, with an update for Chrome, Firefox, Edge & more, suddenly doing this required the user to enable a setting in their browser, then it showed our website as “Unsafe”, and gave our website a poor safety score - and that is not something we could live with.

So, we sadly removed the option, though the fast stream was nice, it was no longer technically possible for us to do in a safe and modern way anymore.

We do want to improve our stream, and provide an even faster stream than what OctoPrint shows (full WebRTC instead of MJEPG), but there’s some way to go. Thanks for the suggestion, though! I get where it comes from.

ahh okay, understood, thanks for the explanation! :)