opencv Display Image OpenCV Reading MJPEG from IP camera
Example
import cv2
import numpy as np
import urllib
stream=urllib.urlopen('http://96.10.1.168/mjpg/video.mjpg')
bytes=''
while True:
bytes+=stream.read(1024)
a = bytes.find('\xff\xd8') # JPEG start
b = bytes.find('\xff\xd9') # JPEG end
if a!=-1 and b!=-1:
jpg = bytes[a:b+2] # actual image
bytes= bytes[b+2:] # other informations
# decode to colored image ( another option is cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE )
img = cv2.imdecode(np.fromstring(jpg, dtype=np.uint8),cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
cv2.imshow('Window name',img) # display image while receiving data
if cv2.waitKey(1) ==27: # if user hit esc
exit(0) # exit program
Every JPEG starts with 0xff 0xd8 and ends with 0xff 0xd9. Between those are actual image. Detailed information in this SO answer
