Recording live video stream from IP camera issue
Xavier Ho
contact at xavierho.com
Sun Feb 17 14:57:54 EST 2013
Hi Sam,
Did you compile your OpenCV with gstreamer? That's where I'd look first.
Cheers,
Xav
On 18 February 2013 01:15, Sam Berry <sambez_14 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Xav,
>
> Iv been looking into OpenCV, i can easily stream my laptops webcam using
> this code.
>
> import cv2
>
> cv2.namedWindow("preview")
>
> vc = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
>
> if vc.isOpened(): # try to get the first frame
> rval, frame = vc.read()
> else:
> rval = False
>
> while rval:
> cv2.imshow("preview", frame)
> rval, frame = vc.read()
> key = cv2.waitKey(20)
> if key == 27: # exit on ESC
> break
>
> However using the cv2.Videocapture(ip_address) method will not load my IP
> camera video feed into the new window. I can view the stream in any web
> browser or VLC using the IP address
> http://192.168.1.72:1025/videostream.cgi?user=&pwd=&resolution=8.
>
> Did you have this issue? Is there some lines of code i may need to add?
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks, Sam
>
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