cant play the saved video [closed]

asked Nov 13 '16

aliyesami gravatar image

updated Nov 14 '16

I have tried many codecs , all but the last one produce 0 bytes video, the last codec does produce a video file with some but then its not playable . This problem is driving me crazy , The code I am using is tested by other users n working. I have copied the opencv_ffmpeg310_64.dll file into the c:\python2.7 folder. I am on windows 10 and opencv 3.1.0 I tried all types of CODEC none are working.

 import numpy as np
    import cv2

    cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

    # Define the codec and create VideoWriter object
# Define the codec and create VideoWriter object
#fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'FFV1')
#fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'XVID')
#fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'DIVX')
#fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'DIV3')
#fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc('F','M','P','4')
#fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc('D','I','V','X')
#fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc('D','I','V','3')
#fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc('F','F','V','1')


fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc('M','J','P','G')
    out = cv2.VideoWriter('output.avi',fourcc, 20.0, (640,480))

    while(cap.isOpened()):
        ret, frame = cap.read()
        if ret==True:
            frame = cv2.flip(frame,0)

            # write the flipped frame
            out.write(frame)

            cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
            if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
                break
        else:
            break

    # Release everything if job is finished
    cap.release()
    out.release()
    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
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Closed for the following reason the question is answered, right answer was accepted by aliyesami
close date 2016-11-19 19:01:25.650415

Comments

I suggest copying the ffmpeg dll to the same folder as the rest of the opencv dlls. Make sure it has a size larger than 0 bytes. Try the XVID fourcc. I know that one's in there, but I haven't seen the others.

Tetragramm gravatar imageTetragramm (Nov 14 '16)edit

also make sure, that the size you give to VideoWriter fits the frame size from the capture.

berak gravatar imageberak (Nov 14 '16)edit

the CVID codec worked for me , and I found it by entering a "-1" instead of the codec and then manually selected the right codec. thanks for your help and advise as always

aliyesami gravatar imagealiyesami (Nov 20 '16)edit

sorry, what CVID, where? how did you found it?

costeecon gravatar imagecosteecon (Apr 29 '0)edit