//Method for displaying the image for the video stream
private void DisplayImage(IPCamera iPCamera, byte[] payload)
{
Image image = null;
try
{
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
//Write data of the payload into memory
ms.Write(payload, 0, payload.Length);
//LOOK LOAD IMAGE HERE
image = Image.FromStream(ms);
cameraLabel.Text = camera.CameraName;
//PictureBox myPictureBox = new PictureBox();
myPictureBox.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
myPictureBox.ClientSize = new Size(camera.Width, camera.Height);
myPictureBox.Image = image;
}
} catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error", "\n" + ex.Message);
}
}
//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1080442/how-to-convert-an-stream-into-a-byte-in-c
//Method for reading data from the server
private void ReadData()
{
String decodedData = null; //storing the decoded response from the server
byte[] tempJPEGArray = null;
string[] ipArr = null; //temp array
int sizeOfPayload = 0;
string bufferString = "";
try
{
//Create stream
NetworkStream stream = client.GetStream();
//check if client is connected
if (IsConnected(client))
{
int buffer = 0; //buffer to temp keep track for every byte read.
//While loop to ensure every byte is read until the end of the stream.
while ((buffer = stream.ReadByte()) != -1)
{
char tempChar = (char)buffer;
//bufferString += tempChar;
switch (tempChar)
{
case '[':
continue; //skip character
case ']':
//Get the array for the temp IP header and the size of the jpeg
ipArr = bufferString.Replace(']', ' ').Split('|');
sizeOfPayload = Convert.ToInt32(ipArr[6]);
//Create a new camera object and set the following properties of the camera object.
camera = new IPCamera
{
CameraName = ipArr[2],
Width = int.Parse(ipArr[3]),
Height = int.Parse(ipArr[4]),
DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(ipArr[5]),
FrameSize = int.Parse(ipArr[6])
};
//set the size of the array to the temporary byte array
tempJPEGArray = new byte[sizeOfPayload];
tempJPEGArray = ReadPayload(tempJPEGArray, stream); //Load the corresponding image
decodedData = UTF8Encoding.ASCII.GetString(tempJPEGArray); //decode the data
DisplayImage(camera, tempJPEGArray); //Load image
bufferString = String.Empty; //set it to an empty string to clear the contents for the new ip header.
break;
default:
bufferString += tempChar;
break;
}
}
}
else
{
stream.Close();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Something Went Wrong \n\n" + ex.Message);
client.Close();
}
}