This is a client for the pixelflut server https://github.com/defnull/pixelflut. It got two main features:
- getting the current visualized image (due to the super slow protocol better only get every fourth pixel and interpolate)
- setting images in various modes
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
source venv/bin/activate
Note: Not implemented yet.
source venv/bin/activate
python src/getimage.py localhost 1234 output.png
This download the image from localhost:1234 and saves it to output.png.
usage: getimage.py [-h] [--mode m] [--debug] server port imagefile
This is a Pixelflut Client that receives the current canvas
positional arguments:
server The server running Pixelflut
port The port of the Pixelflut server
imagefile The path to the file to send. Relative or Absolute. Use transparent pixels for pixel that should not be send to the server.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--mode m Mode in which the image is send. Use 'random' or 'ordered'.
--debug Set the logging to debug
source venv/bin/activate
python src/pixelflut_client_dump.py images/dog.jpeg localhost 1234
This send the image images/dog.jpeg to localhost:1234 in an endless loop.
$ python src/pixelflut_client_dump.py -h
usage: pixelflut_client_dump.py [-h] [--mode m] [--debug] imagefile server port
This is a Pixelflut Client that send images to the server
positional arguments:
imagefile The path to the file to send. Relative or Absolute. Use transparent pixels for pixel that should not be send to the server.
server The server running Pixelflut
port The port of the Pixelflut server
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--mode m Mode in which the image is send. Use 'random' or 'ordered'.
--debug Set the logging to debug
Use -m or --mode set to random or ordered to define how the image is send. Default is random and sends the pixels in random order. ordered is sending the pixels line by line.