- video_from_camera.py: script to acquire video from a usb camera.
- video_from_file.py: script to acquire video from a file.
- video_from_ip_cam.py: script to acquire video from am IP camera.
- video_from_youtube_linux.py: script to acquire video from Youtube using Linux.
- video_from_youtube_buffer_linux.py: script to acquire video from Youtube using Linux with buffer mechanism to smooth the acquisition.
- video_from_youtube_windows.py: script to acquire video from Youtube using Windows. Currently, the processing is sequential, first the video is acquired and stored in a file, and then it is shown.
- How to find out the url from ip camera stream published in Internet.
- In Google Chrome, open a website with an embedded ip camera stream.
- Inspect the code of the website.
- Select the video frame to highlight the code in the inspection window related to it.
- Identify and extract the url of the ip camera stream.
- How to find out the url from an ip camera
- The best approach is to find your IP camera model on http://www.ispyconnect.com to obtain the url video stream. Some examples:
- http://IP:PORT/mjpeg/video.mjpg?counter
- rtsp://IP:PORT/various url
- rtsp://IP:PORT/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi
- http://IP:PORT/mjpg/video.mjpg
- Verify the url inside the VLC.
- Remember that VLC ask for password, but Opencv does not. Therefore, the user and password must be provided included in the url:
rtsp://username:password@IP:PORT.... Example- rtsp://USER:[email protected]/axis-media/media.amp?camera=2
- Remember that VLC ask for password, but Opencv does not. Therefore, the user and password must be provided included in the url:
- Using OpenCV library, use the object
VideoCapture cap("http://IP:PORT/mjpeg/video.mjpg?counter")to acquire the video. - Note: FFMPEG is needed in Linux.
- The best approach is to find your IP camera model on http://www.ispyconnect.com to obtain the url video stream. Some examples:
- OpenCV: Getting Started with Videos
- Streamlink. CLI utility that pipes flash videos from online streaming services to a variety of video players such as VLC. Examples of services: Dailymotion, Livestream, Twitch, UStream, YouTube.
- sh: sh is a full-fledged subprocess replacement for Python for Linux that allows you to call any program as if it were a function.
- Python Subprocess and Popen with Examples
- OpenCV and IP camera streaming with Python