diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 48fafaf..f07d79c 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -1,25 +1,50 @@
 # WireClaw — Pi Zero 2W
 
-## Contexte
-Composant vidéo du drone d'inspection WireClaw.
-Caméra OV5647 (CSI) → GStreamer RTP H264 → Jetson
+## Hardware
+- Modèle : Raspberry Pi Zero 2W
+- CPU : 4× ARM Cortex-A53 @1GHz
+- GPU : VideoCore IV — encodeur H264 hardware disponible via v4l2h264enc (/dev/video11)
+- RAM : 512MB
+- OS : Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm Lite (64-bit)
+- Caméra : OV5647 (module CSI standard Raspberry Pi)
+- Boîtier : dissipateur thermique
+- Charge CPU encodage : ~40% CPU (hw) vs ~80-90% (sw x264)
+- Prérequis : gpu_mem=160 dans /boot/firmware/config.txt
 
 ## Stack
-- OS : Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm Lite
-- Caméra : OV5647, libcamerasrc (pas v4l2src)
-- Encodage : x264enc tune=zerolatency bitrate=1000
-- Transport : RTP H264 pt=96 UDP port 5600
+- Caméra : libcamerasrc OBLIGATOIRE (Bookworm, pas v4l2src)
+- Encodage : v4l2h264enc hardware (défaut) → x264enc software (fallback auto)
+- omxh264enc : non disponible sur Bookworm 64-bit (OpenMAX supprimé)
+- Transport : RTP H264 pt=96 UDP
+- Flask : API légère port 5000 (health + settings uniquement, pas de MJPEG local)
 
 ## Réseau
-- Dev Freebox : Pi Zero 192.168.1.132 → Jetson 192.168.1.84
-- Hotspot WireClaw : Pi Zero DHCP → Jetson 10.42.0.1
+- Dev Freebox : 192.168.1.132 → Jetson 192.168.1.84:5600
+- Hotspot WireClaw : DHCP → Jetson 10.42.0.1:5600
 
-## Pipeline émetteur validé
+## Pipelines validés
+
+### Hardware (v4l2h264enc) — défaut
+gst-launch-1.0 libcamerasrc ! \
+  video/x-raw,width=640,height=480,format=NV12,framerate=15/1 ! \
+  v4l2convert ! \
+  v4l2h264enc video-bitrate=1000000 extra-controls="controls,repeat_sequence_header=1" ! \
+  video/x-h264,level=(string)3.2 ! \
+  h264parse ! \
+  rtph264pay config-interval=1 pt=96 ! \
+  udpsink host=192.168.1.84 port=5600
+
+### Software (x264enc) — fallback
 gst-launch-1.0 libcamerasrc ! \
   video/x-raw,width=640,height=480,framerate=15/1 ! \
   videoconvert ! x264enc tune=zerolatency bitrate=1000 ! \
   rtph264pay config-interval=1 pt=96 ! \
   udpsink host=192.168.1.84 port=5600
 
+## Rôle dans WireClaw
+- Émet uniquement le flux RTP vers le Jetson
+- Pas de traitement local (YOLOv8 tourne sur le Jetson CUDA)
+- Réglages caméra via POST /settings (proxyfié depuis FastAPI Jetson)
+
 ## Repo
 git.syoul.fr/nicoboy/wireclaw-pizero
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diff --git a/camera_server.py b/camera_server.py
index 3124ed1..1f1819a 100644
--- a/camera_server.py
+++ b/camera_server.py
@@ -1,46 +1,36 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
 WireClaw — Pi Zero 2W camera server
-- MJPEG local stream on port 5000 (Flask)
-- RTP H264 stream to Jetson 192.168.1.84:5600 (GStreamer thread)
+Flask API port 5000 : /health  /settings
+RTP H264 → Jetson via GStreamer subprocess
+
+Encoder strategy: v4l2h264enc hardware (default) → x264enc software (auto-fallback)
 """
 
+import os
+import shlex
+import signal
 import subprocess
 import threading
 import time
 import logging
 
-import cv2
-from flask import Flask, Response
+from flask import Flask, jsonify, request
 
 # --- Configuration -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-JETSON_HOST = "192.168.1.84"
-JETSON_PORT = 5600
+DEFAULTS: dict = {
+    "jetson_host": "192.168.1.84",
+    "jetson_port": 5600,
+    "width": 640,
+    "height": 480,
+    "fps": 15,
+    "bitrate_kbps": 1000,
+    # "auto" tries hw then sw; "hw" forces v4l2h264enc; "sw" forces x264enc
+    "encoder": "auto",
+}
 
-MJPEG_PORT = 5000
-MJPEG_WIDTH = 640
-MJPEG_HEIGHT = 480
-MJPEG_FPS = 15
-MJPEG_QUALITY = 80  # JPEG quality (0-100)
-
-GST_PIPELINE = (
-    "libcamerasrc ! "
-    "video/x-raw,width=640,height=480,framerate=15/1 ! "
-    "videoconvert ! "
-    "x264enc tune=zerolatency bitrate=1000 ! "
-    "rtph264pay config-interval=1 pt=96 ! "
-    f"udpsink host={JETSON_HOST} port={JETSON_PORT}"
-)
-
-# OpenCV capture pipeline for MJPEG (reads raw frames from libcamera)
-CV_PIPELINE = (
-    "libcamerasrc ! "
-    "video/x-raw,width=640,height=480,framerate=15/1 ! "
-    "videoconvert ! "
-    "video/x-raw,format=BGR ! "
-    "appsink drop=true max-buffers=2"
-)
+FLASK_PORT = 5000
 
 # --- Logging -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -50,134 +40,196 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 )
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# --- GStreamer RTP thread -----------------------------------------------------
+# --- Pipeline builder --------------------------------------------------------
 
-_gst_proc: subprocess.Popen | None = None
-_gst_lock = threading.Lock()
+def _build_pipeline(cfg: dict, encoder: str) -> str:
+    w, h, fps = cfg["width"], cfg["height"], cfg["fps"]
+    host, port = cfg["jetson_host"], cfg["jetson_port"]
 
+    sink = f"rtph264pay config-interval=1 pt=96 ! udpsink host={host} port={port}"
 
-def _gst_worker() -> None:
-    """Run GStreamer RTP emitter; restart on failure."""
-    global _gst_proc
-    cmd = ["gst-launch-1.0", "-e"] + GST_PIPELINE.split()
-    while True:
-        log.info("GStreamer RTP: starting → %s:%s", JETSON_HOST, JETSON_PORT)
-        try:
-            proc = subprocess.Popen(
-                cmd,
-                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-            )
-            with _gst_lock:
-                _gst_proc = proc
-            _, stderr = proc.communicate()
-            rc = proc.returncode
-            if stderr:
-                log.warning("GStreamer stderr: %s", stderr.decode(errors="replace").strip())
-            log.warning("GStreamer exited with code %d — restarting in 3 s", rc)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            log.error("GStreamer launch failed: %s", exc)
-        time.sleep(3)
-
-
-def start_rtp_thread() -> threading.Thread:
-    t = threading.Thread(target=_gst_worker, name="gst-rtp", daemon=True)
-    t.start()
-    return t
-
-
-# --- MJPEG capture & streaming -----------------------------------------------
-
-_cap: cv2.VideoCapture | None = None
-_frame_lock = threading.Lock()
-_latest_frame: bytes | None = None
-
-
-def _capture_worker() -> None:
-    """Continuously grab frames from libcamera via GStreamer appsink."""
-    global _cap, _latest_frame
-
-    log.info("MJPEG capture: opening libcamerasrc pipeline")
-    cap = cv2.VideoCapture(CV_PIPELINE, cv2.CAP_GSTREAMER)
-    if not cap.isOpened():
-        log.error("Failed to open capture pipeline — MJPEG unavailable")
-        return
-
-    _cap = cap
-    log.info("MJPEG capture: pipeline open")
-
-    while True:
-        ok, frame = cap.read()
-        if not ok:
-            log.warning("MJPEG capture: frame grab failed, retrying…")
-            time.sleep(0.1)
-            continue
-        _, jpg = cv2.imencode(
-            ".jpg", frame, [cv2.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY, MJPEG_QUALITY]
+    if encoder == "hw":
+        bitrate_bps = cfg["bitrate_kbps"] * 1000
+        # NV12 format avoids a CPU color-conversion step before v4l2convert
+        # level=(string)3.2 is required — default level 1.0 caps at 176x144
+        return (
+            f"libcamerasrc ! "
+            f"video/x-raw,width={w},height={h},format=NV12,framerate={fps}/1 ! "
+            f"v4l2convert ! "
+            f"v4l2h264enc video-bitrate={bitrate_bps} "
+            f'extra-controls="controls,repeat_sequence_header=1" ! '
+            f"video/x-h264,level=(string)3.2 ! "
+            f"h264parse ! "
+            f"{sink}"
         )
-        with _frame_lock:
-            _latest_frame = jpg.tobytes()
+    # sw
+    return (
+        f"libcamerasrc ! "
+        f"video/x-raw,width={w},height={h},framerate={fps}/1 ! "
+        f"videoconvert ! "
+        f"x264enc tune=zerolatency bitrate={cfg['bitrate_kbps']} ! "
+        f"{sink}"
+    )
+
+# --- GStreamer process manager -----------------------------------------------
+
+class GstManager:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._cfg: dict = dict(DEFAULTS)
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._proc: subprocess.Popen | None = None
+        self._restart_event = threading.Event()
+        self._shutdown = threading.Event()
+        self._thread: threading.Thread | None = None
+        self.encoder_active: str | None = None
+
+    # Public API
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._worker, name="gst-rtp", daemon=True)
+        self._thread.start()
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        self._shutdown.set()
+        self._terminate()
+
+    def restart_with(self, patch: dict) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            self._cfg.update(patch)
+        self._terminate()
+
+    def is_alive(self) -> bool:
+        with self._lock:
+            return self._proc is not None and self._proc.poll() is None
+
+    def get_cfg(self) -> dict:
+        with self._lock:
+            return dict(self._cfg)
+
+    # Internal
+
+    def _terminate(self) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            proc = self._proc
+        if proc and proc.poll() is None:
+            proc.terminate()
+            try:
+                proc.wait(timeout=3)
+            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+                proc.kill()
+
+    def _launch(self, encoder: str) -> "subprocess.Popen | None":
+        with self._lock:
+            cfg = dict(self._cfg)
+        pipeline = _build_pipeline(cfg, encoder)
+        cmd = ["gst-launch-1.0", "-e"] + shlex.split(pipeline)
+        log.info("GStreamer [%s] pipeline: %s", encoder, pipeline)
+        try:
+            return subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            log.error("gst-launch-1.0 not found in PATH")
+            return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _drain_stderr(proc: "subprocess.Popen") -> None:
+        for line in proc.stderr:
+            stripped = line.rstrip()
+            if stripped:
+                log.debug("gst: %s", stripped)
+
+    def _worker(self) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            pref = self._cfg.get("encoder", "auto")
+
+        if pref == "hw":
+            queue = ["hw"]
+        elif pref == "sw":
+            queue = ["sw"]
+        else:
+            queue = ["hw", "sw"]
+
+        while not self._shutdown.is_set():
+            for enc in queue:
+                proc = self._launch(enc)
+                if proc is None:
+                    continue
+
+                with self._lock:
+                    self._proc = proc
+                self.encoder_active = enc
+                log.info("RTP stream running (encoder=%s)", enc)
+
+                stderr_t = threading.Thread(target=self._drain_stderr, args=(proc,), daemon=True)
+                stderr_t.start()
+
+                proc.wait()
+                rc = proc.returncode
+
+                if self._shutdown.is_set():
+                    return
+
+                log.warning("GStreamer [%s] exited rc=%d", enc, rc)
+
+                if enc == "hw" and pref == "auto":
+                    log.warning("Hardware encoder failed — permanent fallback to x264enc")
+                    queue = ["sw"]
+
+                break  # restart outer while-loop with updated queue
+
+            if not self._shutdown.is_set():
+                log.info("Restarting in 3 s…")
+                time.sleep(3)
 
 
-def start_capture_thread() -> threading.Thread:
-    t = threading.Thread(target=_capture_worker, name="mjpeg-cap", daemon=True)
-    t.start()
-    return t
-
-
-def _mjpeg_generator():
-    boundary = b"--frame\r\nContent-Type: image/jpeg\r\n\r\n"
-    while True:
-        with _frame_lock:
-            frame = _latest_frame
-        if frame is None:
-            time.sleep(0.05)
-            continue
-        yield boundary + frame + b"\r\n"
-        time.sleep(1.0 / MJPEG_FPS)
-
+_gst = GstManager()
 
 # --- Flask app ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 
-@app.route("/")
-def index():
-    return (
-        "<html><body>"
-        "<h2>WireClaw Pi Zero — camera feed</h2>"
-        '<img src="/stream" />'
-        "</body></html>"
-    )
-
-
-@app.route("/stream")
-def stream():
-    return Response(
-        _mjpeg_generator(),
-        mimetype="multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=frame",
-    )
-
-
 @app.route("/health")
 def health():
-    with _frame_lock:
-        has_frame = _latest_frame is not None
-    with _gst_lock:
-        gst_alive = _gst_proc is not None and _gst_proc.poll() is None
-    status = "ok" if (has_frame and gst_alive) else "degraded"
-    return {"status": status, "mjpeg": has_frame, "rtp": gst_alive}
+    alive = _gst.is_alive()
+    return jsonify({
+        "status": "ok" if alive else "degraded",
+        "rtp": alive,
+        "encoder": _gst.encoder_active,
+    })
+
+
+@app.route("/settings", methods=["GET"])
+def settings_get():
+    return jsonify(_gst.get_cfg())
+
+
+@app.route("/settings", methods=["POST"])
+def settings_post():
+    data = request.get_json(force=True, silent=True) or {}
+    allowed = {"jetson_host", "jetson_port", "width", "height", "fps", "bitrate_kbps", "encoder"}
+    patch = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k in allowed}
+    if not patch:
+        return jsonify({"error": "no valid fields", "allowed": sorted(allowed)}), 400
+    _gst.restart_with(patch)
+    return jsonify({"status": "restarting", "applied": patch})
+
+
+# --- Shutdown ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _on_signal(sig, _frame) -> None:
+    log.info("Signal %d — shutting down", sig)
+    _gst.stop()
+    os._exit(0)
 
 
 # --- Entrypoint --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    start_rtp_thread()
-    start_capture_thread()
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, _on_signal)
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _on_signal)
 
-    # Give the pipelines a moment to initialise before accepting connections
-    time.sleep(2)
+    _gst.start()
+    time.sleep(1)
 
-    log.info("Flask MJPEG server starting on port %d", MJPEG_PORT)
-    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=MJPEG_PORT, threaded=True)
+    log.info("Flask API on 0.0.0.0:%d", FLASK_PORT)
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=FLASK_PORT, threaded=True)