Live-Streaming-using-OpenCV-Flask

A Flask Web-App to stream live from local webcam or CCTV (rtsp link)

Use Built-in Webcam of Laptop

Put Zero (O) in cv2.VideoCapture(0)

cv2.VideoCapture(0)

Use Ip Camera/CCTV/RTSP Link

cv2.VideoCapture('rtsp://username:password@camera_ip_address:554/user=username_password='password'_channel=channel_number_stream=0.sdp')

Example RTSP Link

cv2.VideoCapture('rtsp://mamun:[email protected]:554/user=mamun_password=123456_channel=0_stream=0.sdp')

Change Channel Number to Change the Camera

cv2.VideoCapture('rtsp://mamun:[email protected]:554/user=mamun_password=123456_channel=1_stream=0.sdp')

Display the resulting frame in browser

cv2.imencode('.jpg', frame)[1].tobytes()

Or this one

net , buffer = cv2.imencode('.jpg', frame)
buffer.tobytes()              

Reference