{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import panel as pn\n", "pn.extension()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The ``VideoStream`` widget displays a video from a local stream (for example from a webcam) and allows accessing the streamed video data from Python.\n", "\n", "Discover more on using widgets to add interactivity to your applications in the [how-to guides on interactivity](../how_to/interactivity/index.md). Alternatively, learn [how to set up callbacks and (JS-)links between parameters](../../how_to/links/index.md) or [how to use them as part of declarative UIs with Param](../../how_to/param/index.html).\n", "\n", "#### Parameters:\n", "\n", "For details on other options for customizing the component see the [layout](../../how_to/layout/index.md) and [styling](../../how_to/styling/index.md) how-to guides.\n", "\n", "* **``format``** (str): Format of the captured images, either 'png' (default) or 'jpeg'. Choose `jpeg` if you want the `VideoStream` to take high frequent snapshots as the image size is much smaller.\n", "* **``paused``** (boolean): Whether the video stream is paused\n", "* **``timeout``** (int): Interval between snapshots (if None then snapshot only taken if snapshot method is called)\n", "* **``value``** (string): String representation of the current snapshot\n", "\n", "___" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "The ``VideoStream`` widget by default simply displays the video stream:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "video_stream = pn.widgets.VideoStream(name='Video Stream')\n", "video_stream" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "To sync the state of the stream with Python we have two options. First, we can call the ``snapshot`` method, which will trigger the ``value`` of the widget to be updated:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "video_stream.snapshot()\n", "\n", "html = pn.pane.HTML(width=320, height=240)\n", "\n", "def update(event):\n", " html.object = ''\n", " \n", "video_stream.param.watch(update, 'value')\n", "\n", "html" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Alternatively, we can create a video stream with a `timeout` that specifies how frequently the video stream will be updated:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "video = pn.widgets.VideoStream(timeout=100)\n", "html = pn.pane.HTML()\n", "pause = pn.widgets.Toggle(name='Pause')\n", "\n", "pause.jslink(video, value='paused')\n", "video.jslink(html, code={'value': \"\"\"\n", "target.text = ``\n", "\"\"\"})\n", "\n", "pn.Column(pause, pn.Row(video, html))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Lastly, the video stream can also be paused from Python:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "video.paused = True" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Controls\n", "\n", "The `VideoStream` widget exposes a number of options which can be changed from both Python and Javascript. Try out the effect of these parameters interactively:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "pn.Row(video_stream.controls(jslink=True), video_stream)" ] } ], "metadata": { "language_info": { "name": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 4 }