# MS5 WiFi Microscope: reconstructing the camera's UDP video protocol

> MS5 WiFi Microscope reconstructs the MS5 camera's UDP command and video protocol and supplies a Python client that serves its reassembled JPEG stream as MJPEG. The documentation specifies command headers, the OpenVideo port handshake, chunk layout and resolution queries; the author reports 1280×720 streaming at roughly 25–30 fps on MS5 hardware.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Fyfar/ms5-wifi-microscope>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Fyfar/ms5-wifi-microscope/blob/16cf577bca5cb3da72dd4b7a8240d6e9f9d209f2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ms5-wifi-microscope-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ms5-wifi-microscope-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ms5-wifi-microscope-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.7 or newer and a computer connected to the microscope's Wi-Fi access point.
- **Limits:** Compatibility is reported for the MS5; related i4season devices are suggested but unconfirmed.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Fyfar/ms5-wifi-microscope/blob/16cf577bca5cb3da72dd4b7a8240d6e9f9d209f2/README.md>

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