https://github.com/jedbrooke/sendframes

Send a webcam feed between machines over the network, without intensive encoding
https://github.com/jedbrooke/sendframes

network opencv-python video video-streaming webcam

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Send a webcam feed between machines over the network, without intensive encoding

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jedbrooke/sendframes
• Owner: jedbrooke
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-04-13T06:34:31.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-04-27T05:40:28.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-12T21:18:27.857Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: network, opencv-python, video, video-streaming, webcam
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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## SendFrames ##

a simple python utility to send image frames from one computer to another

usage: 

on the computer with a webcam:

`$ python3 server.py [Port]`

on the computer to recieve the video

`$ python3 client.py [Host IP] [Port]`

if a port is not provided it will default to 42699

Features:

 * Low CPU usage

 * Zero to Low Latency (after initial startup)

Dependencies:

python opencv

`pip3 install opencv-python`

FAQ:

Q. why not just use ffmpeg?

A. This method does not encode the video, leading to much higher bandwidth usage, but at dramatically lower cpu usage. On a LAN network this is fine. a 720p source will take around 100mbits/s of data, but on my core i5 macbook took around 10% of one thread of cpu. also making this was more fun.