README.md

Picamera h264 Web Streaming

Demo of h264 live streaming from Raspberry Pi using Python and Broadway.js.

Broadway.js is a JavaScript h264 decoder which can decode raw h264 produced by PiCamera. This allows 720p real time video streaming to a web browser even from Raspberry Pi Zero!

Demo usage

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/Onixaz/picamera-h264-web-streaming.git
cd picamera-h264-web-streaming

2. Create Python3 virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies

pip install picamera ws4py

4. Launch the server

python server.py

5. Navigate to http://your-raspberrypi-ip:8082 on your PC/smartphone and the stream should appear.

Tested with Chrome and Firefox on Windows 10 and Chrome for Android (Nokia 6.1).

Based on

• https://github.com/waveform80/pistreaming
• https://github.com/Dregu/visio