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Hi
I am practicing VideoCapture and VideoWriter. I am now following
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13623394/how-to-write-video-file-in-opencv-2-4-3 Which is supposed to be a brief answer.
However, when I am doing it It got.

$ ./simpleRec.out 0 a.avi
HIGHGUI ERROR: V4L2: Unable to get property <unknown property string>(5) - Invalid argument
HIGHGUI ERROR: V4L2: Unable to get property <unknown property string>(6) - Invalid argument
!!! Output video could not be opened

Here is my code :

#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;
using namespace cv;

int main (int argc, const char** argv){
  // Load input video
  cv::VideoCapture input_cap(atoi( (argv[1]) ) );
  if (!input_cap.isOpened())
    {
      std::cout << "!!! Input video could not be opened" << std::endl;
      return -1;
    }

  // Setup output video
  cv::VideoWriter output_cap(argv[2], 
                 input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FOURCC),
                 input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS),
                 cv::Size(input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH),
                      input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT)),
                 true);

  if (!output_cap.isOpened())
    {
      std::cout << "!!! Output video could not be opened" << std::endl;
      return 0;
    }


  // Loop to read from input and write to output
  cv::Mat frame;

  while (true)
    {       
      if (!input_cap.read(frame))             
        break;

      output_cap.write(frame);
    }

  input_cap.release();
  output_cap.release();
}

Question :
1. What is wrong in my code?
2. How do I solve it?

Hi
I am practicing VideoCapture and VideoWriter. I am now following
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13623394/how-to-write-video-file-in-opencv-2-4-3 Which is supposed to be a brief answer.
However, when I am doing it It got.

$ ./simpleRec.out 0 a.avi
HIGHGUI ERROR: V4L2: Unable to get property <unknown property string>(5) - Invalid argument
HIGHGUI ERROR: V4L2: Unable to get property <unknown property string>(6) - Invalid argument
!!! Output video could not be opened

Here is my code :

#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace std;
using namespace cv;

int main (int argc, const char** argv){
  // Load input video
  cv::VideoCapture input_cap(atoi( (argv[1]) ) );
  if (!input_cap.isOpened())
    {
      std::cout << "!!! Input video could not be opened" << std::endl;
      return -1;
    }

  // Setup output video
  //double fps = input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS);
  int width = input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH);
  int height = input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT);
  cv::VideoWriter output_cap(argv[2], 
                 input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FOURCC),
                 input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS),
                 cv::Size(input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH),
                      input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT)),
output_cap(argv[2],
                 CV_FOURCC('M','J','P','G'),
                 20,
                 cv::Size(width,height),
                 true);

  if (!output_cap.isOpened())
    {
      std::cout << "!!! Output video could not be opened" << std::endl;
      return 0;
    }


  // Loop to read from input and write to output
  cv::Mat frame;

  while (true)
    {       
      if (!input_cap.read(frame))             
        break;

      output_cap.write(frame);
    }

  input_cap.release();
  output_cap.release();
}

Update :
I found it is a bug in issue. http://code.opencv.org/issues/1895 it is fps is -1
I had tried 10,20,30 but it still does not work with reply !!! Output video could not be opened
I changed VideoWriter initialization a bit. From

cv::VideoWriter output_cap(argv[2], 
                 input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FOURCC),
                 input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS),
                 cv::Size(input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH),
                      input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT)),
                 true);

to

  //double fps = input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS);
  int width = input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH);
  int height = input_cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT);
  cv::VideoWriter output_cap(argv[2],
                 CV_FOURCC('M','J','P','G'),
                 20,
                 cv::Size(width,height),
                 true);

I have to comment fps out otherwise it will thrown an error HIGHGUI ERROR: V4L2: Unable to get property <unknown property string>

Question :
1. What is wrong in my code?
2. How do I solve it?