Robobot webcam server

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Python cam server

Try this https://medium.com/@studymattersinlife/building-a-simple-video-streaming-server-client-in-python-e88d3b9e7158

This server is part of the Robobot repository at svn/robobot/stream_server and should be started at boot-time. (see ~/on_reboot.bash)

Or try:

cd /home/local/svn/robobot/stream_server
/usr/bin/python3 stream_server.py &

Watch result using a browser

Using the IP of the robot (in this case, robot Coco), the robot camera image can be viewed at this address:

http://10.197.218.233:7123

Change configuration

Change the configuration in the streamer source code:

/home/local/svn/robobot/stream_server/stream_server.py

Some other example configurations are commented out near the end of the file.

Reboot or restart to see the effect.

Restart by first stop the running version:

 pkill python3

Then restart

cd /home/local/svn/robobot/stream_server
python3 stream_server.py

[0:41:06.196852273] [12840]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:297 libcamera v0.0.5+83-bde9b04f
[0:41:06.226600078] [12841]  INFO RPI vc4.cpp:437 Registered camera /base/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/ov5647@36 to Unicam device /dev/media1 and ISP device /dev/media3
[0:41:06.226689448] [12841]  INFO RPI pipeline_base.cpp:1101 Using configuration file '/usr/share/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/vc4/rpi_apps.yaml'
[0:41:06.233368984] [12840]  INFO Camera camera.cpp:1033 configuring streams: (0) 320x240-XBGR8888 (1) 640x480-SGBRG10_CSI2P
[0:41:06.233900943] [12841]  INFO RPI vc4.cpp:565 Sensor: /base/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/ov5647@36 - Selected sensor format: 640x480-SGBRG10_1X10 - Selected unicam format: 640x480-pGAA