smarthome-presence-detect/camera/video_stream/zmq_video_client_file.py

from imutils.video import FileVideoStream
import imagezmq
import argparse
import socket
import time
 
# construct the argument parser and parse the arguments
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("-s", "--server-ip", required=True,
	help="ip address of the server to which the client will connect")
args = vars(ap.parse_args())
 
# initialize the ImageSender object with the socket address of the
# server
sender = imagezmq.ImageSender(connect_to="tcp://{}:5555".format(
	args["server_ip"]))

rpi_name = socket.gethostname() # send RPi hostname with each image
video_file = FileVideoStream("run.mp4").start()
time.sleep(2.0)  # allow camera sensor to warm up

while True: 
    image = video_file.read()
    if image is None:
        break
    sender.send_image(rpi_name, image)