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Created August 13, 2011 12:26
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Grab a single frame from an MJPEG stream
#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
import sys
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
print "Usage: %s host:port destfile.jpg" % sys.argv[0]
sys.exit(1)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
host, port = sys.argv[1].split(':')
s.connect((host, int(port)))
fh = s.makefile()
# Read in HTTP headers:
line = fh.readline()
while line.strip() != '':
parts = line.split(':')
if len(parts) > 1 and parts[0].lower() == 'content-type':
# Extract boundary string from content-type
content_type = parts[1].strip()
boundary = content_type.split(';')[1].split('=')[1]
line = fh.readline()
if not boundary:
raise Exception("Can't find content-type")
# Seek ahead to the first chunk
while line.strip() != boundary:
line = fh.readline()
# Read in chunk headers
while line.strip() != '':
parts = line.split(':')
if len(parts) > 1 and parts[0].lower() == 'content-length':
# Grab chunk length
length = int(parts[1].strip())
line = fh.readline()
image = fh.read(length)
with open(sys.argv[2], 'w') as out_fh:
out_fh.write(image)
s.close()
@scar86
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scar86 commented May 7, 2018

Thanks a lot !!

@adwidianjaya
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Thank you so much, very useful!

@unkaMoMo
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This worked fine for years until I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS where it suddenly no longer worked. Making the change suggested by jogu got it back to working again. Thanks, jogu.

@Bit-River
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Thanks, works great!

I kept the

# Seek ahead to the first chunk

section as is.

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