Streaming Platform App

This application replicates a streaming platform like Twitch. It provides a chat server, a video streaming server, and a screen sharing server. The chat server allows multiple clients to join a chatroom, exchange messages, and perform administrative tasks like kicking users and promoting users to admins. The video streaming server captures frames from a webcam and streams them to connected clients, while the screen sharing server captures the screen and streams it to connected clients.

Features

Chat Server

• Broadcast messages: Broadcasts messages to all connected clients.
• Private messages: Send private messages to specific users - /private <nickname> message
• Admin commands:
  • /kick <nickname>: Kick a user from the chat (admin only).
  • /addadmin <nickname>: Promote a user to admin (admin only).
  • /listusers: List all connected users.
  • /listadmins: List all admin users (admin only).

Video Streaming Server

• Webcam streaming: Captures frames from the webcam and streams them to connected clients.
• Frame rate control: Configurable frame rate for streaming.

Screen Sharing Server

• Screen capture: Captures the screen and streams it to connected clients.
• Frame rate control: Configurable frame rate for streaming.

Requirements

• Python 3.11.5
• opencv-python
• pyautogui

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mainakm7/streaming_platform_app.git

2. Install the required packages:

   pip install opencv-python pyautogui pillow

Usage

1. Run the chat server:

   python server_chat.py

   This will start the chat server.

2. Run the video distribution server:

   python stream_video_distribution.py

   This will start the video distribution server.

3. Run the screen share distribution server:

   python stream_screenshare_distribution.py

   This will start the screen share distribution server.

4. Run the video host:

   python stream_video_host.py

   This will start the video host and stream webcam data to the video distribution server.

5. Run the screen share host:

   python stream_screenshare_host.py

   This will start the screen share host and stream screen data to the screen share distribution server.

6. Connect to the chat server: Make sure to update the server HOST IP properly.

   • After connecting, enter a nickname when prompted.

7. Connect to the video streaming server and screen sharing server: Use a client script to connect to the video streaming server and the screen sharing server to display the streamed video and screen.

Files

Server

• server_chat.py: Contains the chat server implementation.
• stream_video_distribution.py: Contains the video distribution server implementation.
• stream_screenshare_distribution.py: Contains the screen share distribution server implementation.

Host

• stream_video_host.py: Main script to run the video host.
• stream_screenshare_host.py: Main script to run the screen share host.

Client

• client_gui.py: Main script to run the client-side script.

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues or pull requests if you have suggestions or improvements. Please ensure any changes are well-documented and tested.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Python's socket module for providing the core functionality.
• opencv-python for video capture and processing.
• pyautogui for screen capture.
• tkinter for the graphical user interface.
• Inspiration from various network programming resources.