Hey Folks,
I'm trying to grab a live preview of a m3u8 video stream using OpenCV and Python on a Mac (OS X).
I've got a really simple test script here:
#!/usr/bin/python
import cv2
stream = cv2.VideoCapture("http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/gear1/prog_index.m3u8")cv2.VideoCapture
That m3u8 stream is a working video that I can view through VLC no problem.
However when I run this all I get is: WARNING: Couldn't read movie file http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/gear1/prog_index.m3u8
Is it possible to run this in a debug mode and get more information? Anyone know if I'm likely to be missing an important library on OS X? Do I need to directly parse the datastream using Python? I was hoping the OpenCV did that for me.