---
tags: [gradio-custom-component, Video, Audio, streaming, webrtc, realtime]
title: gradio_webrtc
short_description: Stream audio/video in realtime with webrtc
colorFrom: blue
colorTo: yellow
sdk: gradio
pinned: false
---
Gradio WebRTC ⚡️
Stream video and audio in real time with Gradio using WebRTC.
## Installation
```bash
pip install gradio_webrtc
```
## Examples:
1. [Object Detection from Webcam with YOLOv10](https://huggingface.co/spaces/freddyaboulton/webrtc-yolov10n) 📷
2. [Streaming Object Detection from Video with RT-DETR](https://huggingface.co/spaces/freddyaboulton/rt-detr-object-detection-webrtc) 🎥
3. [Text-to-Speech](https://huggingface.co/spaces/freddyaboulton/parler-tts-streaming-webrtc) 🗣️
## Usage
The WebRTC component supports the following three use cases:
1. Streaming video from the user webcam to the server and back
2. Streaming Video from the server to the client
3. Streaming Audio from the server to the client
Streaming Audio from client to the server and back (conversational AI) is not supported yet.
## Streaming Video from the User Webcam to the Server and Back
```python
import gradio as gr
from gradio_webrtc import WebRTC
def detection(image, conf_threshold=0.3):
... your detection code here ...
with gr.Blocks() as demo:
image = WebRTC(label="Stream", mode="send-receive", modality="video")
conf_threshold = gr.Slider(
label="Confidence Threshold",
minimum=0.0,
maximum=1.0,
step=0.05,
value=0.30,
)
image.stream(
fn=detection,
inputs=[image, conf_threshold],
outputs=[image], time_limit=10
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
demo.launch()
```
* Set the `mode` parameter to `send-receive` and `modality` to "video".
* The `stream` event's `fn` parameter is a function that receives the next frame from the webcam
as a **numpy array** and returns the processed frame also as a **numpy array**.
* Numpy arrays are in (height, width, 3) format where the color channels are in RGB format.
* The `inputs` parameter should be a list where the first element is the WebRTC component. The only output allowed is the WebRTC component.
* The `time_limit` parameter is the maximum time in seconds the video stream will run. If the time limit is reached, the video stream will stop.
## Streaming Video from the User Webcam to the Server and Back
```python
import gradio as gr
from gradio_webrtc import WebRTC
import cv2
def generation():
url = "https://download.tsi.telecom-paristech.fr/gpac/dataset/dash/uhd/mux_sources/hevcds_720p30_2M.mp4"
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(url)
iterating = True
while iterating:
iterating, frame = cap.read()
yield frame
with gr.Blocks() as demo:
output_video = WebRTC(label="Video Stream", mode="receive", modality="video")
button = gr.Button("Start", variant="primary")
output_video.stream(
fn=generation, inputs=None, outputs=[output_video],
trigger=button.click
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
demo.launch()
```
* Set the "mode" parameter to "receive" and "modality" to "video".
* The `stream` event's `fn` parameter is a generator function that yields the next frame from the video as a **numpy array**.
* The only output allowed is the WebRTC component.
* The `trigger` parameter the gradio event that will trigger the webrtc connection. In this case, the button click event.
## Streaming Audio from the Server to the Client
```python
import gradio as gr
from pydub import AudioSegment
def generation(num_steps):
for _ in range(num_steps):
segment = AudioSegment.from_file("/Users/freddy/sources/gradio/demo/audio_debugger/cantina.wav")
yield (segment.frame_rate, np.array(segment.get_array_of_samples()).reshape(1, -1))
with gr.Blocks() as demo:
audio = WebRTC(label="Stream", mode="receive", modality="audio")
num_steps = gr.Slider(
label="Number of Steps",
minimum=1,
maximum=10,
step=1,
value=5,
)
button = gr.Button("Generate")
audio.stream(
fn=generation, inputs=[num_steps], outputs=[audio],
trigger=button.click
)
```
* Set the "mode" parameter to "receive" and "modality" to "audio".
* The `stream` event's `fn` parameter is a generator function that yields the next audio segment as a tuple of (frame_rate, audio_samples).
* The numpy array should be of shape (1, num_samples).
* The `outputs` parameter should be a list with the WebRTC component as the only element.
## Deployment
When deploying in a cloud environment (like Hugging Face Spaces, EC2, etc), you need to set up a TURN server to relay the WebRTC traffic.
The easiest way to do this is to use a service like Twilio.
```python
from twilio.rest import Client
import os
account_sid = os.environ.get("TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID")
auth_token = os.environ.get("TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN")
client = Client(account_sid, auth_token)
token = client.tokens.create()
rtc_configuration = {
"iceServers": token.ice_servers,
"iceTransportPolicy": "relay",
}
with gr.Blocks() as demo:
...
rtc = WebRTC(rtc_configuration=rtc_configuration, ...)
...
```
