Error could not find a writer....

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asked 2016-11-29 09:54:09 -0600

Katie
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updated 2016-11-29 10:26:24 -0600

berak
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import cv2 

# 0 is refrencing first camera
camera = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

# range is repeating the indented code by whatever is in ()
for i in range(2):
    return_value, img = camera.read()
    cv2.imshow('opencv'+str(i)+'png',img)
    cv2.imwrite('opencv'+str(i)+'png',img)
cv2.waitKey()
del camera

It keeps telling me " error: (-2) could not find a writer for the specified extension in function cv:: imwrite_"

Any ideas why?

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answered 2016-11-29 10:29:17 -0600

berak
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updated 2016-11-29 10:50:54 -0600

oh, that's a simple one:

you want to write opencv13.png, but forgot to put a dot between filename and extension

 filename = 'opencv'+str(i)+'.png'
 cv2.imwrite(filename, img) #  .png !
 cv2.imshow(filename, img)  # don't replicate

will do the trick ;)

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Thank you!

Katie ( 2016-11-30 14:50:25 -0600 )edit

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