restream/reStream.sh

#!/bin/sh

# these are probably the only two parameters you need to change
ssh_host="root@10.11.99.1" # location of the remarkable
landscape=true             # set to false if you want it horizontal

# technical parameters
width=1408
height=1872
bytes_per_pixel=2
loop_wait="true"
loglevel="info"

# check if we are able to reach the remarkabl
if ! ssh "$ssh_host" true; then
    echo "$ssh_host unreachable"
    exit 1
fi

fallback_to_gzip() {
    echo "Falling back to gzip, your experience may not be optimal."
    echo "Go to https://github.com/rien/reStream/#sub-second-latency for a better experience."
    compress="gzip"
    decompress="gzip -d"
    sleep 2
}

# check if zstd is present on remarkable
if ssh "$ssh_host" "[ -f /opt/bin/zstd ]"; then
    compress="/opt/bin/zstd"
elif ssh "$ssh_host" "[ -f /home/root/zstd ]"; then
    compress="/home/root/zstd"
fi

# gracefully degrade to gzip if zstd is not present on remarkable or host
if [ -z "$compress" ]; then
    echo "Your remarkable does not have zstd."
    fallback_to_gzip
elif ! which zstd; then
    echo "Your host does not have zstd."
    fallback_to_gzip
else
    decompress="zstd -d"
fi




# calculte how much bytes the window is
window_bytes="$(($width*$height*$bytes_per_pixel))"

# rotate 90 degrees if landscape=true
landscape_param="$($landscape && echo '-vf transpose=1')"

# read the first $window_bytes of the framebuffer
head_fb0="dd if=/dev/fb0 count=1 bs=$window_bytes 2>/dev/null"

# loop that keeps on reading and compressing, to be executed remotely
read_loop="while $head_fb0; do $loop_wait; done | $compress"

set -e # stop if an error occurs

ssh  "$ssh_host" "$read_loop" \
    | $decompress \
    | ffplay -vcodec rawvideo \
             -loglevel "$loglevel" \
             -f rawvideo \
             -pixel_format gray16le \
             -video_size "$width,$height" \
             $landscape_param \
             -i -