I'm just yesterday start using OpenCV to train Cascade Classifier. I use createsamples, and it gave me .vec file. What is that this file? I cant find any explanation about this file. How load it into program(VS10), how to display the data in it, etc...
From OpenCV Docs :
opencv_createsamples is used to prepare a training dataset of positive and test samples. opencv_createsamples produces dataset of positive samples in a format that is supported by both opencv_haartraining and opencv_traincascade applications. The output is a file with *.vec extension, it is a binary format which contains images.
The .vec is a binary image file. I think it's a vector format of some description but I can't find a source for that.
Asked: 2013-09-17 10:54:01 -0600
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Last updated: Sep 18 '13
You should read into the documents, which explains that the vec file contains actually the model training data formatted correctly for efficient training. Look here and here.