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VideoWriter not writing frames to H264 output file [closed]

asked 2016-10-14 16:29:04 -0600

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updated 2016-10-18 12:50:01 -0600

I am VideoWriter to write frames which are read from VideoCapture. The H264 file has the header and tail information written, but no frames are written in the file, the file is just 1KB large.

I am using OpenCV 3.1, and I have put openh264 1.4 dll file in the same path.

Here is my code:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"
#include "opencv2/core.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui.hpp"

using namespace std;
using namespace cv;

int main()
{
Mat testFrame;

VideoCapture vidReader("vid.mp4");

//vidReader.read(testFrame);

unsigned int frameCount = vidReader.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT);
double FPS = vidReader.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS);
int format = vidReader.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FOURCC);
int wid = vidReader.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH);
int het = vidReader.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT);
//int fcount = vidReader.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT);

VideoWriter vidWriter;
vidWriter.open("vid2.mp4", CV_FOURCC('H', '2', '6', '4'), FPS, cv::Size(het, wid), true);

//for(int i = 0; i < 120; i++) vidWriter.write(injectFrame);
if (!vidWriter.isOpened())
{
    printf("\nFailed to open\n");
    return 1;
}


int ct = 0;
while (1)
{

    printf("Frame: %d\n", ct);
    Mat nxtFrame;
    if (!vidReader.read(nxtFrame))
    {
        printf("Couldn't read next frame\n");
        break;
    }
    else printf("grabbed frame\n");

    vidWriter.write(nxtFrame);
    ct++;
}

//printf("Frames: %d\n", fcount);
vidWriter.release();
}

Thanks in advance.

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answered 2016-10-15 02:49:24 -0600

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updated 2016-10-18 15:20:17 -0600

I think now it is now openh264-1.5. : from alalek

OpenH264 is updated to 1.5.0 (1.6.0 is not supported by ffmpeg yet)
Environment variable name is changed to OPENH264_LIBRARY

I have tried your program. It works. I have changed cv::Size(het, wid) to cv::Size(wid,het). It could be a problem if you haven't got a multiple of 4.

I have tried to read this video (original is here and it gives this video My configuration is Windows 10 VS2015 opencv 3.1 master from github (last commit 1ae27eb) using opencv_ffmpeg310_64 and openh264-1.5.0-win64msvc.dll

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For OpenCV 3.1 its still 1.4.0, and I doubt the version has to do with this problem.

AssemblerX86 gravatar imageAssemblerX86 ( 2016-10-15 13:27:10 -0600 )edit
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I have tried your program. It works. I have changed cv::Size(het, wid) to cv::Size(wid,het). It could be a problem if you haven't got a multiple of 4.

I have tried to read this video (original is here and it gives this video My configuration is Windows 10 VS2015 opencv 3.1 master from github (last commit 1ae27eb) using opencv_ffmpeg310_64 and openh264-1.5.0-win64msvc.dll

LBerger gravatar imageLBerger ( 2016-10-15 15:28:07 -0600 )edit

"changed cv::Size(het, wid) to cv::Size(wid,het). It could be a problem" <- that solved it

AssemblerX86 gravatar imageAssemblerX86 ( 2016-10-18 12:49:34 -0600 )edit

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