[Tutor] Python; webcam

[Vipul Sharma]

You should try Computer Vision libraries for python like OpenCV and
SimpleCV. They are best for playing with the camera, videos and for image
processing tasks. My personal favorite is OpenCV you should definitely try
it.
https://opencv-python-tutroals.readthedocs.org/en/latest/py_tutorials/py_setup/py_intro/py_intro.html#intro


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Danny Yoo <dyoo at hashcollision.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 7:10 AM, René Mathieu <rnmathieu254 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello there
> >
> > I'm writing a Python program and I would like to display a video device
> > (webcam). How should I write in the program?
>
>
> Hi Mathieu René,
>
> I'm unsure because I have no direct experience with this.  You might
> want to check the general Python mailing list if you don't get other
> answers from the tutors here.
>
> There is no built-in support in the Standard LIbrary to a webcam;
> however, there appear to be external libraries that provide access  to
> a webcam.  From a web search, it looks like the Pygame library might
> be applicable:
> http://www.pygame.org/docs/tut/camera/CameraIntro.html.  You might
> also be able to look into the PythonCV library:
>
> http://opencv-python-tutroals.readthedocs.org/en/latest/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_video_display/py_video_display.html
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