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Playback video in the window with the fps from the file metainfo, filename passed as 2'nd cmd argument:

#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>

using namespace cv;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if(argc > 1) { // application will wait videofilename as the second cmd argument

        VideoCapture _vc;
        if(_vc.open(argv[1]) == false)
            return -2; // Indicates that file could not be opened for the some reasons

        double fps = _vc.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS); // get fps from the file's metainfo
        int delayms = static_cast<int>(1000.0/fps); // get delay between the frames in milliseconds

        Mat matframe;
        while(_vc.read(matframe)){
            imshow("viewport", matframe);
            if(waitKey(delayms) == 27) { // 27 is ESCAPE code, so if the user press escape then while will be breaked
                break;
            }
        }
        return 0;
    } else {
        return -1; // means that the user did not provide videofilename
    }
}

Playback video in the window with the fps from the file metainfo, filename passed as 2'nd cmd argument:

#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>

using namespace cv;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if(argc > 1) { // application will wait videofilename as the second cmd argument

        VideoCapture _vc;
        if(_vc.open(argv[1]) == false)
            return -2; // Indicates that file could not be opened for the some reasons

        double fps = _vc.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS); // get fps from the file's metainfo
        int delayms = static_cast<int>(1000.0/fps); // get delay between the frames in milliseconds

        Mat matframe;
        while(_vc.read(matframe)){
            imshow("viewport", matframe);
            if(waitKey(delayms) == 27) { // 27 is ESCAPE code, so if the user press escape then while will be breaked
                break;
            }
        }
        return 0;
    } else {
        return -1; // means that the user did not provide videofilename
    }
}

#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>

using namespace cv;

double measureframetimems(VideoCapture &_vc, cv::Mat(*_functionpointer)(const Mat &_mat), unsigned int _n) {
    if(_vc.isOpened() == false) {
        return -1.0;
    }
    cv::Mat _framemat;
    double _totalprocctime = 0.0;
    double _timemark;
    unsigned int _frames;
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < _n; ++i) {
        if(_vc.read(_framemat)) {
            _functionpointer(_framemat);
            if(i > 0) { // let's drop first frame from the time count
                _totalprocctime += (getTickCount() - _timemark)/getTickFrequency();
                _frames++;
            }
            _timemark = getTickCount();
        } else {
            break; // for the instance all frames in the video file could be finished before _n
        }
    }
    return 1000.0*_totalprocctime/_frames; // in milliseconds
}

cv::Mat processframe(const Mat &_mat) {
    // Paste target processing code
    return _mat;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if(argc > 1) { // application will wait videofilename as the second cmd argument

        VideoCapture _vc;
        if(_vc.open(argv[1]) == false)
            return -2; // Indicates that file could not be opened for the some reasons              

        double fps = _vc.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS); // get fps from the file's metainfo       
        int delayms = static_cast<int>(1000.0/fps); // get delay between the frames in milliseconds

        delayms -= measureframetimems(_vc, *processframe, 100); // adjust delay
        // Reopen video file if first frames are necessary
        if(_vc.open(argv[1]) == false)
            return -2; // Indicates that file could not be opened for the some reasons

        Mat matframe;
        while(_vc.read(matframe)){
            matframe = processframe(matframe);
            imshow("viewport", matframe);
            if(waitKey(delayms) == 27) { // 27 is ESCAPE code, so if the user press escape then while will be breaked
                break;
            }
        }
        return 0;
    } else {
        return -1; // means that the user did not provide videofilename
    }
}

Playback video in the window with the fps from the file metainfo, filename passed as 2'nd cmd argument:

#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>

using namespace cv;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if(argc > 1) { // application will wait videofilename as the second cmd argument

        VideoCapture _vc;
        if(_vc.open(argv[1]) == false)
            return -2; // Indicates that file could not be opened for the some reasons

        double fps = _vc.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS); // get fps from the file's metainfo
        int delayms = static_cast<int>(1000.0/fps); // get delay between the frames in milliseconds

        Mat matframe;
        while(_vc.read(matframe)){
            imshow("viewport", matframe);
            if(waitKey(delayms) == 27) { // 27 is ESCAPE code, so if the user press escape then while will be breaked
                break;
            }
        }
        return 0;
    } else {
        return -1; // means that the user did not provide videofilename
    }
}

You want take into account processing time? So, let's slightly change the code:

#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>

using namespace cv;

double measureframetimems(VideoCapture &_vc, cv::Mat(*_functionpointer)(const Mat &_mat), unsigned int _n) {
    if(_vc.isOpened() == false) {
        return -1.0;
    }
    cv::Mat _framemat;
    double _totalprocctime = 0.0;
    double _timemark;
    unsigned int _frames;
_frames = 0;
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < _n; ++i) {
        if(_vc.read(_framemat)) {
            _functionpointer(_framemat);
            if(i > 0) { // let's drop first frame from the time count
                _totalprocctime += (getTickCount() - _timemark)/getTickFrequency();
                _frames++;
            }
            _timemark = getTickCount();
        } else {
            break; // for the instance all frames in the video file could be finished before _n
        }
    }
    return 1000.0*_totalprocctime/_frames; // in milliseconds
}

cv::Mat processframe(const Mat &_mat) {
    // Paste target processing code
    return _mat;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    if(argc > 1) { // application will wait videofilename as the second cmd argument

        VideoCapture _vc;
        if(_vc.open(argv[1]) == false)
            return -2; // Indicates that file could not be opened for the some reasons              

        double fps = _vc.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS); // get fps from the file's metainfo       
        int delayms = static_cast<int>(1000.0/fps); // get delay between the frames in milliseconds

        delayms -= measureframetimems(_vc, *processframe, 100); // adjust delay
        // Reopen video file if first frames are necessary
        if(_vc.open(argv[1]) == false)
            return -2; // Indicates that file could not be opened for the some reasons

        Mat matframe;
        while(_vc.read(matframe)){
            matframe = processframe(matframe);
            imshow("viewport", matframe);
            if(waitKey(delayms) == 27) { // 27 is ESCAPE code, so if the user press escape then while will be breaked
                break;
            }
        }
        return 0;
    } else {
        return -1; // means that the user did not provide videofilename
    }
}