[Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib set_array slow in comparison with cv2

[coquelicot]

Compare the following 2 codes:

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import cv2

    def grab_frame(i): #this function simply grab frame i from an image
folder or a video
        ...
        return img_array_like_returned_by_imread_or_cv2.imread

    #remove the following two lines to test with opencv:
    fr = grab_frame(0)    
    img = plt.imshow(fr)
    
    for i in range(0,300):
        fr = grab_frame(i)         
            img.set_array(fr)
            plt.pause(0.001)

            #replace the previous 2 lines by the following 2 lines to      
            #compare with opencv:

            #cv2.imshow('frame', fr)            
            #if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'): break 
My questions are:

 1) why is set_array much slower than cv2.imshow ?

 2) is it possible to improve this, say by tricking some function of
matplotlib ?



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