FoodCloud/Robot/video_gen.py

import cv2
import io
import socket
import struct
import time
import pickle
import zlib

client_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
client_socket.connect(('127.0.0.1', 8486))
connection = client_socket.makefile('wb')

cam = cv2.VideoCapture(1)

cam.set(3, 320);
cam.set(4, 240);

img_counter = 0

encode_param = [int(cv2.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY), 90]

while True:
	ret, frame = cam.read()
	result, frame = cv2.imencode('.jpg', frame, encode_param)
	#    data = zlib.compress(pickle.dumps(frame, 0))
	data = pickle.dumps(frame, 0)
	size = len(data)


	print("{}: {}".format(img_counter, size))
	client_socket.sendall(struct.pack(">L", size) + data)
	img_counter += 1

cam.release()