Answers for "camera in python"

accessing camera with python

import cv2

vid = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

while True:

    ret, frame = vid.read()

    cv2.imshow('Controlling my computer camera', frame)

    if cv2.waitKey(4) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
        break


vid.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

read live video from usb opencv python

import cv2
cap = cv2.VideoCapture()
# The device number might be 0 or 1 depending on the device and the webcam
cap.open(0, cv2.CAP_DSHOW)
while(True):
    ret, frame = cap.read()
    cv2.imshow('frame', frame)
    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
        break
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()