https://github.com/1010code/python-webcam-socket-streaming
Python OpenCV webcam sending frames through TCP socket.
https://github.com/1010code/python-webcam-socket-streaming
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Python OpenCV webcam sending frames through TCP socket.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/1010code/python-webcam-socket-streaming
- Owner: 1010code
- Created: 2021-03-28T13:21:24.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2022-06-22T15:11:40.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-28T05:23:36.673Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Language: Jupyter Notebook
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- Size: 3.73 MB
- Stars: 24
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# python-webcam-socket-streaming
Python OpenCV webcam sending frames through TCP socket.
## YouTube Tutorial
[
](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ8JfdvA7Yk)
## What is a network Socket?
- A software structure within a network node
- Serves as an endpoint to send & receive
- A combination of protocpl type, IP address and Port number for data communication
## Implementation of Sockets
In standard interent protocols like TCP and UDP, socket address is the combination of:
```
socket address = (IP address, port number)
```
## How to find IP address?
Depending on the operating system, you can easily find the IP address of your machine. Go to the terminal window and run this command:
#### macOS
```
ipconfig getifaddr en0
```
#### Windows/Linux/Ubuntu
```
ifconfig
```
> For Windows users. The required IP address will show against IPv4 Address.
> For Linux and Ubuntu users. The required IP address will be for Wifi LAN (inet).
## client-server model
- Server creates socket on startup
- May serve several clients concurrently
- A client should know the server IP and port
## Python Server module
## Python Client module
## Video data transmission
### At server side
- With OpenCV get video frames of webcam
- With pickle serialize frame to byte data
- Pack each frame data using struct module
- Send data to client and display frame
### At client side
- Receive packets and append them to data
- Unpack the data using struct module
- Load the frame using pickle
- Display the frame at client side
## Getting Started
### Clone Project
you can create a new project based on this repo by doing the following:
```
git clone https://github.com/1010code/python-webcam-socket-streaming.git
```
### Installation
When that's done, install the project dependencies.
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
#### Run server
open terminal and execute `server.py`. And we'll create TCP socket and listening 8485 port.
```
python server.py
```
### Run client
After running the `server.py`, copy paste the IP and PORT to `client.py`. After doing that, then start client.
```
python client.py
```
## Demo
- PC 1: run server.py
- PC 1: run client.py
- PC 1: run server.ipynb
- PC 1: run client.py
- PC 1: run server.ipynb
- PC 2: run client.py
## Reference
- [kittinan/socket](https://gist.github.com/kittinan/e7ecefddda5616eab2765fdb2affed1b)
- [Socket programming and OpenCv in Python](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-O7yeO3hNQ)