Camera Streamer

FFmpeg-based camera streaming service that provides RTSP video feed accessible via OpenCV.

Installation

sudo ./install.sh
sudo systemctl start camera-streamer

How It Works

The service uses FFmpeg to capture video from /dev/video0 and streams it as an RTSP server on port 8554. The stream is encoded with H.264 for low latency and efficiency.

Accessing the Feed

RTSP URL: rtsp://localhost:8554/camera

With OpenCV:

import cv2
cap = cv2.VideoCapture('rtsp://localhost:8554/camera')
ret, frame = cap.read()

Service Management:

• Status: sudo systemctl status camera-streamer
• Logs: sudo journalctl -u camera-streamer -f
• Stop: sudo systemctl stop camera-streamer