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Exporting Data

How to Export the output image using RTSP

This guide walks you through the process of setting up a Crowd Estimation instance to export the output buffer (with points and people counter) as a RTSP stream. We'll be using video playlist 720p as the example.

1 - Start the instance

2 - Go to the solution settings on the bottom left, expand Exporting Options, and add a new output

3 - Configure the output to use the right data type and format

4 - Save the changes and save the instance

5 - Restart the instance (stop followed by start)

6 - Confirm that the output is being streamed to rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/demo. Here's how to do it using VLC

How to Export people count using MQTT

This guide walks you through the process of setting up a Crowd Estimation instance to export the total number of people in the image using MQTT.

1 - Start the instance

2 - Go to the solution settings on the bottom left, expand Exporting Options, and add a new output

3 - Configure the output to use the right data type and format

4 - Save the changes and restart the instance

5 - Download and run the following python script

mqtt_listen_people_count.py

python mqtt_listen_people_count.py

Note: The script requires python 3.7+ and paho-mqtt which can be installed by running pip install paho-mqtt

6 - You should be seeing the number of people in the console. Each line represents a frame in the input source.