i'm getting this error when i type import cv2 on the python idle. Don't know what to do. Please help
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module> import cv2 ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
I might be late on this but still I want to post this here as references for those after me.
I faced this problem few ours ago, the cv2.pyd from folder x64 gave me the exact error as stated above. so I tried the one from folder x86 and it gave me something sounds like the cv2.pyd is compiled for version 9 while my installed numpy is version 7. so I did some google and found numpy version 10.1 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy...) and so I reinstall the numpy with latest version and everything works fine.
*ps: you might want to update matplotlib as well while you are at it. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/matpl...)
Asked: 2015-03-01 03:33:08 -0600
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Last updated: Mar 01 '15
there are two cv2.pyd in the opencv/build/python/2.7 folder.One is x64 and the other is x86. Which one to copy? But both are showing errors
You need the x86 since the error clearly stated that it needs a 32 bit application. Did you built the source yourself?