Webcam Streaming EC2

Question

Hi all, I have a simple python application that takes videos from webcam and does some processing with it. I am looking to migrate over to EC2 instances and am wondering whether I can use cv2 in my EC2 instance to get the video from the webcam? Will this work from my EC2 instance?

MikeLim · Answer

You can upload your video into EC2, and process it with CV2.

If you want to access your local PC web cam from your EC2 instance. [Install NICE DCV](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dcv/latest/adminguide/setting-up-installing-windows.html) in EC2 Windows Server, remote in using a supported web browser or native client,  and [enable webcam re-direction](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dcv/latest/userguide/using-webcam.html)

This is from [web browser](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dcv/latest/userguide/using-webcam-web.html)

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This is from [Windows and Linux client app](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dcv/latest/userguide/using-webcam-native.html)

![Enter image description here](/media/postImages/original/IMZwIFvdvBQF-Kg-pQ6NMt5g)

Adeleke Adebowale .J. · Answer

Using cv2 to access a webcam directly from an EC2 instance is typically not feasible because EC2 instances are virtual machines running in the cloud without direct access to local hardware such as webcams. However, there are alternative approaches you can consider for processing webcam video with an EC2 instance:-

Capture and Upload Video Locally, Process on EC2 Stream Video to EC2 and Use AWS Media Services to ingest, process, and store video streams

Capture and Upload Video Locally,  Process on EC2
Stream Video to EC2  and Use AWS Media Services to ingest, process, and store video streams

Webcam Streaming EC2

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