This Python 3 package controls the the xcamserver via REST API and makes it easier to read the streamed data from the socket.
First start xcamserver.
This example saves 20 seconds of frames to file (however it is less, because of latencies):
from xcamclient.client import XcamCapture
import time
if __name__ == '__main__':
xc = XcamCapture('http://127.0.0.1:5000')
xc.init_camera()
xc.start_camera()
filename = 'file1.raw' # or a stream object
xc.start_recording(filename)
time.sleep(20)
meta = xc.stop_recording()
xc.stop_camera()
xc.close_camera()
xc.shutdown_server()See example 'capture_preview.py' for how to use matplotlib to display the frame stream.
Tested only with Python 3.5 (Windows). 'xcamserver', 'requests', 'Numpy' and 'matplotlib' are required.
Install with pip:
pip install <directory path to setup.py>
The MIT License (MIT)
Disclaimer The author disclaims all responsibility for possible damage to equipment and/or people. Use the software with your own risk.