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159 lines
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# reStream
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reMarkable screen sharing over SSH.
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[](https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable)
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[](https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2)
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## Installation
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### Requirements
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On your **host** machine
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- Any POSIX-shell (e.g. bash)
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- ffmpeg (with ffplay)
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- ssh
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- lz4
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#### Unix
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1. Install `lz4` on your host with your usual package manager.
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On Ubuntu, `apt install liblz4-tool` will do the trick.
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2. [Set up an SSH key and add it to the ssh-agent](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent), then add your key to the reMarkable with `ssh-copy-id root@10.11.99.1`.
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> **Note:** the reMarkable 2 doesn't support `ed25519` keys, those users should generate and `rsa` key. Try out `ssh root@10.11.99.1`, it should **not** prompt for a password.
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#### Windows
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1. Install [ffmpeg for windows](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows).
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2. Download [lz4 for windows](https://github.com/lz4/lz4/releases) and extract the `zip` to a folder where you'll remember it (e.g. `C:\Users\{username}\lz4`).
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3. Add the `ffmpeg` **and** `lz4` directories to the windows `Path` environment. [Here is a quick guide how.](https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/)
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- Control Panel > Edit the system environment variables > Environment Variables
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- Find the `Path` variable under System variables, click edit.
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- Add two _New_ entries: one to the **bin** directory in the `ffmpeg` directory, and one to the `lz4` directory you created.
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- Click OK
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4. (Re)start `bash` so the new `Path` is used.
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5. Generate a new ssh-key using `ssh-keygen`.
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6. Send the public key to the reMarkable (connect trough USB cable) using `ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa root@10.11.99.1`
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7. Try out `ssh root@10.11.99.1`, it should **not** prompt for a password.
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### reStream installation
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The instructions below will install the files from the [latest release](https://github.com/rien/reStream/releases/).
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In particular, `reStream.sh` is the executable on the host, and `restream.arm.static` is the binary which has to be moved to the reMarkable with the name `restream`.
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#### Host
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Download [reStream.sh](https://github.com/rien/reStream/releases/latest/download/reStream.sh) and make it executable
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```
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$ chmod +x reStream.sh
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```
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##### Tip
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> If you save `reStream.sh` in a `PATH` directory as `reStream`, you can launch it as `reStream`.
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> On Ubuntu, list these folders with `echo $PATH`. One should be`/usr/local/bin`.
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> As root, download the executable there:
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```
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# wget https://github.com/rien/reStream/releases/latest/download/reStream.sh -O /usr/local/bin/reStream
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# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/reStream
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```
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#### reMarkable
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You can install `restream` on reMarkable in three ways.
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- Install via [toltec](https://github.com/toltec-dev/toltec) if you use it.
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```
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$ ssh root@10.11.99.1 'opkg install restream'
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```
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- If you have access to internet on your reMarkable, download directly the binary onto it:
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```
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$ ssh root@10.11.99.1 'wget https://github.com/rien/reStream/releases/latest/download/restream.arm.static -O /home/root/restream && chmod +x /home/root/restream'
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```
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- Download the [restream](https://github.com/rien/reStream/releases/latest/download/restream.arm.static) binary onto your host, move it to reMarkable and make it executable.
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```
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$ scp restream.arm.static root@10.11.99.1:/home/root/restream
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$ ssh root@10.11.99.1 'chmod +x /home/root/restream'
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```
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## Usage
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1. Connect your reMarkable with the USB cable.
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2. Make sure you can [open an SSH connection](https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/ssh).
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3. Run `./reStream.sh` in the script directory or `reStream` [if you've installed it in your PATH](#tip)
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4. A screen will pop-up on your local machine, with a live view of your reMarkable!
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### Options
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- `-h --help`: show usage information
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- `-p --portrait`: shows the reMarkable screen in portrait mode (default: landscape mode, 90 degrees rotated tot the right)
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- `-s --source`: the ssh destination of the reMarkable (default: `root@10.11.99.1`)
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- `-o --output`: path of the output where the video should be recorded, as understood by `ffmpeg`; if this is `-`, the video is displayed in a new window and not recorded anywhere (default: `-`)
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- `-f --format`: when recording to an output, this option is used to force the encoding format; if this is `-`, `ffmpeg`’s auto format detection based on the file extension is used (default: `-`).
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- `-w --webcam`: record to a video4linux2 web cam device. By default the first found web cam is taken, this can be overwritten with `-o`. The video is scaled to 1280x720 to ensure compatibility with MS Teams, Skype for business and other programs which need this specific format. See [Video4Linux Loopback](#video4linux-loopback) for installation instructions.
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- `-m --measure`: use `pv` to measure how much data throughput you have (good to experiment with parameters to speed up the pipeline)
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- `-t --title`: set a custom window title for the video stream. The default title is "reStream". This option is disabled when using `-o --output`
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- `-u --unsecure-connection`: send framebuffer data over an unencrypted TCP-connection, resulting in more fps and less load on the reMarkable. See [Netcat](#netcat) for installation instructions.
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If you have problems, don't hesitate to [open an issue](https://github.com/rien/reStream/issues/new) or [send me an email](mailto:rien.maertens@posteo.be).
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## Extra Dependencies
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On your **host** machine:
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- Video4Linux Loopback kernel module if you want to use `--webcam`
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- netcat if you want to use `--unsecure-connection`
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### Video4Linux Loopback
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To set your remarkable as a webcam we need to be able to fake one. This is where the Video4Linux Loopback kernel module comes into play. We need both the dkms and util packages. On Ubuntu you need to install:
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```
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# apt install v4l2loopback-utils v4l2loopback-dkms
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```
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In some package managers `v4l2loopback-utils` is found in `v4l-utils`.
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After installing the module you must enable it with
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```
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# modprobe v4l2loopback
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```
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To verify that this worked, execute:
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```
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$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
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```
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The result should contain a line with "platform:v4l2loopback".
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### Netcat
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To use an unsafe and faster connection, we need the command `nc`, abbreviation of `netcat`.
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If your system does not provide `nc`, the output of `command -v nc` is empty. In this case you need to install it.
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[Several implementations](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_tools#Netcat) of `netcat` exists. On Ubuntu, you can install the version developed by OpenBSD, which is light and supports IPv6:
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```
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# apt install netcat-openbsd
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```
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## Troubleshooting
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Steps you can try if the script isn't working:
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- [Set up an SSH key](#installation)
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- Update `ffmpeg` to version 4.
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## Development
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If you want to play with the `restream` code, you will have to [install Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started) and [setup the reMarkable toolchain](https://github.com/canselcik/libremarkable#setting-up-the-toolchain) to do cross-platform development.
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