cv2.VideoCapture(1) is causing errors. Please help me fix this.

cv2.videocapture

asked 2017-08-01 16:00:09 -0600

tj
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this is the error: OpenCV Error: Assertion failed (scn == 3 || scn == 4) in cvtColor, file /build/opencv-SviWsf/opencv-2.4.9.1+dfsg/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp, line 3737 Traceback (most recent call last): File "face_recognizer.py", line 157, in <module> gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) cv2.error: /build/opencv-SviWsf/opencv-2.4.9.1+dfsg/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp:3737: error: (-215) scn == 3 || scn == 4 in function cvtColor

Also how do I know what to enter in the device id in videocapture().?

Thanks.

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answered 2017-08-02 08:58:07 -0600

Raki

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updated 2017-08-02 08:59:42 -0600

A wild guess: Is your capturing device actually capturing frames in the first place? Could you check it with:

VideoCapture cap(0); // open the default camera
if(!cap.isOpened())  // check if we succeeded
     cout<< "Something is wrong, I am not receiving anything!"<<endl;

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