https://github.com/raymondcm/mjpg_server
Multi-device camera streaming and preview over a network in python
https://github.com/raymondcm/mjpg_server
camera flir-cameras http-client http-server javascript python27 raspberry-pi-camera stream usb-cameras
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Multi-device camera streaming and preview over a network in python
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/raymondcm/mjpg_server
- Owner: RaymondCM
- Created: 2018-01-07T20:02:48.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-02-15T11:31:22.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-01T12:44:11.799Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: camera, flir-cameras, http-client, http-server, javascript, python27, raspberry-pi-camera, stream, usb-cameras
- Language: Python
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- Size: 39.1 KB
- Stars: 7
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: docs/readme.md
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README
# MJPEG Camera Server
Provides an interface to stream camera devices over an ethernet socket and preview them in most modern browsers.
Supports the following devices [Lepton3 FLIR Camera](https://groupgets.com/manufacturers/flir/products/lepton-3-0),
[Raspberry PI Cameras](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module-v2/) and almost all USB plug and play web-cams
and inbuilt devices supported by [OpenCV](https://opencv.org/).
## Quick start
Run the server on the camera device host.
```bash
usage: server.py [-h] [-b IP] [-p PORT] [-d DEVICE]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-b IP Server IP Address [Default 0.0.0.0]
-p PORT Server Port [Default: 8080]
-d DEVICE Device Type [Default:auto] (pi|lepton|cv)
-w WIDTH RPi Width [Default:320]
-h HEIGHT RPi Height [Default:240]
```
Run the client python script on any other machine on the network to preview the camera.
Alternatively go-to http://192.168.0.XXX:8080/index.html in any modern browser (Change the port and IP accordingly).
Support for publishing to a ros node has been added also via a command line argument -r.
```bash
usage: client.py [-h] [-b IP] [-p PORT] [-w WAIT] [-c BSIZE] [-n NAME]
[-r ROS_SUP]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-b IP Server IP Address [Default 127.0.0.1]
-p PORT Server Port [Default: 8080]
-w WAIT Wait for frame [Default: False]
-c BSIZE Byte chunk size [Default: 2048]
-n NAME Node name [Default: auto]
-r ROS_SUP Publish on ros node [Default: False]
```
## Installation
To use the FLIR thermal camera run the following command in the project root (Supports Lepton3 only).
```bash
cd MJPG_Server
git clone https://github.com/RaymondKirk/pylepton.git --depth 1
```
To use the pi-camera ensure the package is installed and up to-date.
```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install python-picamera
```
To use USB camera devices or in-built ones, or to use the client python script, install [OpenCV](https://opencv.org/).
```bash
pip install opencv-python
```
## Raspberry Pi Setup
To setup on a Raspberry Pi, follow these instructions [Raspberry Pi Setup](raspberry_pi_setup.md).