stacywebb / NaturewatchCameraServer

A Python / OpenCV camera server to stream Pi camera content to a remote client through a website.

CameraServer

This is a Python server script that captures a video stream from a Pi Camera and serves it an an mjpg through a website to another device. Part of the Citizen Naturewatch project in collaboration with the RCA.

Requirements

• OpenCV 3.1.0, along with OpenCV_Contrib modules.
• Python 2.7
• Picamera array module
• Raspberry Pi 3
• 16GB SD card

Running the main script

Simply run the script with Python.

python CameraServer.py

You can then access the OpenCV stream at

localhost.local:9090/index.mjpg

Be sure to replace localhost.local with whatever hostname the Pi has.