mjepg_reading.py

import urllib

proxy = { }
stream = urllib.urlopen("http://d302.esrf.fr/mjpg/1/video.mjpg", proxies=proxy)
data = ""

i = 0
while True:
  data += stream.read(16*1024)
  a = data.find('\xff\xd8')
  b = data.find('\xff\xd9')
  if a != -1 and b != -1:
    jpg = data[a:b+2]
    data = data[b+2:]

    # new image
    i+=1
    f=open("/tmp/bla%d.jpg"%i, "w"); f.write(jpg); f.close()