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Adam Szabo-Toke
Adam Szabo-Toke

Reputation: 11

Access Xiaomi IP Camera in Python with OpenCV

I'm trying to access my IP camera stream in Python.

Camera: Xiaomi Mi Home Security Camera 360° 1080p

I got the IP address of the camera from the Mi Home app: 192.168.2.94

import cv2

cap = cv2.VideoCapture('http://192.168.2.94')

while True:
    r, f = cap.read()
    cv2.imshow('IP Camera stream',f)

I'm getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#60>", line 4, in <module>
    cv2.imshow('IP Camera stream',f)
cv2.error: OpenCV(4.5.5) D:\a\opencv-python\opencv-python\opencv\modules\imgproc\src\color.cpp:182: error: (-215:Assertion failed) !_src.empty() in function 'cv::cvtColor'

Can you please help?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 15369

Answers (2)

popouu
popouu

Reputation: 43

One year after question - but maybe still someone accessing this post :)

Xiaomi Camera's connects only to the cloud. There is no opened TCP/UDP ports that can be used for streaming directly to the endpoint device, or configure device via WebUI. That is irritating but security-friendly.

Only way to bypass this - is to flash custom OS for the camera.

Upvotes: 1

Walid Bousseta
Walid Bousseta

Reputation: 1469

here

import cv2
# rtsp://username:[email protected]/port
cap = cv2.VideoCapture('rtsp://username:[email protected]/554')
while True:
    ret, img = cap.read()
    if ret == True:
        cv2.imshow('video output', img)
        k = cv2.waitKey(10)& 0xff
        if k == 27:
            break
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Upvotes: 1

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