Zephyr

Zephyr is a simple RTSP library to stream and receive video over RTSP.

Pre-requisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• FFmpeg to encode and decode video
• MediaMTX as RTSP server

Installation

The easiest way to install Zephyr is using pip:

$ pip install zephyr-rtsp

But you can also install Zephyr from source:

$ git clone https://github.com/bpradana/zephyr.git
$ cd zephyr
$ python setup.py install

Usage

Zephyr has 2 main classes, Stream and Client. Stream is used to stream video over RTSP, while Client is used to receive video from RTSP stream.

Stream

To stream video, you need to create a Stream object and call send with a frame. You can also call end to stop the stream.

import cv2
from zephyr import Stream

if __name__ == "__main__":
  stream = Stream(
    url="rtsp://localhost:8554/test",
    resolution=(1280, 720),
    fps=30,
    bitrate="2M"
  )

  cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
  while True:
    ret, frame = cap.read()
    stream.send(frame)

Client

To receive video, you need to create a Client object and call read to get the frame. You can also call release to stop receiving video.

import cv2
from zephyr import Client

if __name__ == "__main__":
  client = Client(url="rtsp://localhost:8554/test")

  while True:
    ret, frame = client.read()
    cv2.imshow('frame', frame)

    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord("q"):
      client.release()
      break

License

Zephyr is licensed under the MIT License.

Credits

• Zephyr uses FFmpeg to encode and decode video.
• The name Zephyr is inspired by Zephyr a video streaming project by Octavia.