VideoCapture in Colab

How do i use cv2.VideoCapture(0) in google colab. I want to use the live video from my webcam in colab. Is there anyway to do it

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supra56 (Jun 27 '0)edit

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berak
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~~sad as it is -- no way~~

(the processing happens on goog's servers, they'll have no physical access to your device)

while you still cannot use cv2.VideoCapture(), there's some js magic to grab your webcam from the browser, see here:

since current 4.1.2 installed there has full ffmpeg support, you might be able to use video files (prerecord locally and upload to colab)

berak (Jun 27 '0)edit

whats with opencv js?

holger (Jun 29 '0)edit

@holger, seems you were close ;)

berak (Aug 17 '0)edit

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