This repository contains code to stream video stream from Raspberry Pi camera or webcam/ Laptop cameras to Kafka and receive it in any system in the local network and apply algorithms
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Components required: Raspberry pi 3 with camera/ laptop with camera
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Dependencies:
- Kafka-python
- OpenCV 2.4.10 for Raspberry Pi, OpenCV 3.3.0 for laptop
- PiCamera
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Deployment instructions:
- Start the Kafka server and change the IP of your Kafka server in all the codes before running!
- For sending from Raspberry pi camera:
- Run rpi_kafka.py on your Raspberry Pi after setting up the camera.
- For sending from Laptop camera:
- Run send_video.py in your remote system.
- For Receiving from any source:
- Run receive_video_kafka.py in host system, the streamed video feed from remote host will appear in your system in a new window.
- https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2015/03/30/accessing-the-raspberry-pi-camera-with-opencv-and-python/
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kafka-python
- https://scotch.io/tutorials/build-a-distributed-streaming-system-with-apache-kafka-and-python
- Author : Sreekiran A R, [email protected]
- Code Review : Jatan Sharma, [email protected]