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

Server Program-

#!/usr/bin/python3

import socket

import cv2

import pickle

import struct

#TCP Socket Creation

tcp_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

tcp_sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)

tcp_sock.bind((“0.0.0.0”, 2323))

#Listening To Connections

tcp_sock.listen()

print(“Accepting Connections…”)

while True:

s, addr = tcp_sock.accept()

print(f”Connected to {addr}!!!”)

cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

while(cap.isOpened()):

ret, frame= cap.read()

#Serialise/flattening Data

data = pickle.dumps(photo)

#Bytes Conversion

packet = struct.pack(“Q”, len(data))+data

s.sendall(packet)

cv2.imshow(“Server Side Streaming…”,frame)

if cv2.waitKey(10) == 13:

cv2.destroyAllWindows()

cap.release()

break

tcp_sock.close()

Client Program-

#!/usr/bin/python3

import cv2

import socket

import pickle

import struct

#TCP Socket Creation

try:

skt = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

print(“Socket successfully created Now Show …”)

except socket.error as err:

print(“Socket creation failed with error {}”.formatat(err))

port = 1234

server_ip = “192.168.56.1”

skt.connect((server_ip,port))

data = b””

payload_size = struct.calcsize(“Q”)

try:

while True:

while len(data) < payload_size:

packet = skt.recv(4*1024)

if not packet: break

data += packet

packed_msg_size = data[:payload_size]

data = data[payload_size:]

msg_size = struct.unpack(“Q”,packed_msg_size)[0]

while len(data) < msg_size:

data+= skt.recv(4*1024)

img_data = data[:msg_size]

data = data[msg_size:]

frame= pickle.loads(img_data)

cv2.imshow(“Recieving video”, frame)

if cv2.waitKey(10) == 13:

cv2.destroyAllWindows()

break

skt.close()

except:

cv2.destroyAllWindows()

skt.close()