[Tutor] Fwd: Re: Is it possible to make a Raspberry do what I need it to do?

[dn]

On 12/08/2020 20:29, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 12/08/2020 04:40, dn via Tutor wrote:
> 
>> play a video. Thus, the RPi will only need to run a web browser - in
>> what is called "Kiosk mode".
> 
> Plus the software that  turns the sound up/down when there is
> somebody actually watching it - the motion detector stuff.
> That's really where Python is needed.


I'd like to use Python within-the-browser - even if it has to be through 
a Python-to-JavaScript transpiler. (heard of one/them, but never tried 
to use)

However, the motion-detector is not strictly necessary. A simple camera 
and slow-scan software will take care of the presence/absence question 
by frame-comparison.

OT/$day job: advances in HTML5 often surprise! Both the video playback 
and camera input are covered in the Intermediate and Advanced HTML 
courses, and possibly progressed (according to trainee-interest) in JS 
training. In contemplation, the OP's spec has the makings of a good 
master-class or capstone project...
-- 
Regards =dn