Live Streaming Video Chat App without voice using cv2 module of Python

In this article, we will be creating a live Video Chat App using the OpenCV library and Socket Programming.

What is OpenCV library?

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is a library of programming functions mainly aimed at real-time computer vision.

What is Socket Programming?

Socket programming is a way of connecting two nodes on a network to communicate with each other. One socket(node) listens on a particular port at an IP, while the other socket reaches out to the other to form a connection. The server forms the listener socket while client reaches out to the server.

Let’s jump to the task :)

I m using windows cmd prompt for executing this task.

Prerequisite:

• Python and Necessary libraries (Numpy and OpenCV) should be installed.

For this, we will be creating code for the server-side and client-side.

SERVER SIDE CODE

import os 
import cv2 
cap=cv2.VideoCapture(1)
import numpy as np
import socket 

# Create Socket
s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

ip="192.168.43.147"
port=8888
# Socket Binding
s.bind((ip,port))

s.listen(5)
# Listening and waiting for connection
conn,addr = s.accept()

while True: 
    data = conn.recv(90456)
    # Decode the image
    arry = np.fromstring(data, np.uint8)
    photo = cv2.imdecode(arry, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
    if type(photo) is type(None):
        pass
    else:
        cv2.imshow("SERVER-SCREEN",photo)
        if cv2.waitKey(10)==13:
            break
    stat,photo=cap.read()
    # Encode image and send via network
    photo_data = cv2.imencode('.jpg', photo)[1].tobytes()
    conn.sendall(photo_data)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
cap.release()
os.system("cls")

CLIENT SIDE CODE

import os
import cv2 
cap=cv2.VideoCapture(0)
import numpy as np
import socket 

# Client socket created
s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

ip="192.168.43.147"
port=8888
# Connection to server 
s.connect((ip,port))

while True: 
    stat,photo=cap.read()
    # Encode and send data via network
    photo_data = cv2.imencode('.jpg', photo)[1].tobytes()
    s.sendall(photo_data)
    
    data = s.recv(90456)
    # Decode the image
    arry = np.fromstring(data, np.uint8)
    photo = cv2.imdecode(arry, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
    if type(photo) is type(None):
        pass
    else:
        cv2.imshow("CLIENT-SCREEN",photo)
        if cv2.waitKey(10)==13:
            break
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
cap.release()
os.system("cls")

For getting a live video chat app in ur system just pull the code from the below-mentioned Github URL and replace the IP address with ur system’s IP address and run it in two different cmd prompt terminals.

GitHub_URL: https://github.com/nirali1219/MLOPS_Task_3

So here is our own Live Streaming Video Chat App.

Thanks for Reading.

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