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Capturing video using OpenCV

I am having an issue capturing the video feed, my camera light goes on and then off when i run this code. I tried using different values as well. And my camera seems to be working. but this code is not.
import cv2
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) # zero instead of one
while True:
ret, frame = cap.read()
if not ret: # exit loop if there was problem to get frame to display
break
cv2.imshow('frame', frame)
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
break
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

I have this problem with opencv python on Macbook

My problem is when I try to run this code on my Mac, the camera turns on the green light but it doesn't open at all. I have no idea why this is happing. I tried a lot of things but nothing worked for me, I am just thinking the new update from Apple messed up some stuff, because it used to work before.
import numpy as np
import cv2
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
while(True):
# Capture frame-by-frame
ret, frame = cap.read()
# Our operations on the frame come here
gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2BGRA)
# Display the resulting frame
cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
break
# When everything done, release the capture
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

In mac you have to use the Mac Terminal for the cv2 library since currently no other terminal to my knowledge asks for the camera permission.

Trying to read an online video using OpenCV in python, Not seeing the output but the code is not throwing any error

Not sure what is the problem. Code is running fine and not showing any error. But Not seeing any output.
import numpy as np
import cv2
cap = cv2.VideoCapture("https://youtu.be/_3elg-_1m_c")
while(cap.isOpened()):
ret, frame = cap.read()
gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
cv2.imshow('frame',gray)
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
break
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
If, I am using video saved in my laptop, I can see the output, but for online vidoes, I am not.

playing video in Centos using opencv python

I am following this tutorial from openCV to play back a video on centos .
openCV tutorial
see the code below , it doesn't throw any errors but does not show any videos being played. If I use the image display program it works fine which tells me the X11 forwarding part is working fine .
[root#hadoop1 basic-motion-detection]# more demo1.py
import numpy as np
import cv2
cap = cv2.VideoCapture('/home/admin/example_02.mp4')
while(cap.isOpened()):
ret, frame = cap.read()
gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
cv2.startWindowThread()
cv2.namedWindow("preview")
cv2.imshow('preview',gray)
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
break
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Webcam + Open CV Python | Black screen

I am using the code below, but I get a black image. Could you please help me rectify the error?
import cv2
import numpy as np
c = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
while(1):
_,f = c.read()
cv2.imshow('e2',f)
if cv2.waitKey(5)==27:
break
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Update: See github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/11880 and linked conversations, only few backends support -1 as index.
Although this is an old post, this answer can help people who are still facing the same problem. If you have a single webcam but it renders all black, use cv2.VideoCapture(-1). This will get you the working camera.

Just change cv2.waitKey(0) to cv2.waitKey(30) and this issue will be resolved.

I've faced with same problem. Updating neither opencv nor webcam driver works. I am using kaspersky as antivirus. When I disable the kaspersky, then black output problem solved.
BTW, I can see the running .py file in kaspersky console > reports > host intrusion prevention. It reports application privilege control rule triggered - application: myfile.py, result: blocked: access to video capturing devices

Try this:
import cv2
import numpy as np
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
while(True):
ret, frame = cap.read()
cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
break
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

This worked for me:
I did a pip install imutils. Imutils is a library with series of convenience functions to make basic image processing functions such as translation, rotation, resizing, skeletonization, displaying Matplotlib images, sorting contours, detecting edges, and much more easier with OpenCV and both Python 2.7 and Python 3.
import cv2
import imutils
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) # video capture source camera (Here webcam of laptop)
ret, frame = cap.read() # return a single frame in variable `frame`
while (True):
# gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
(grabbed, frame) = cap.read()
frame = imutils.resize(frame, width=400)
cv2.imshow('img1', frame) # display the captured image
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'): # save on pressing 'y'
cv2.imwrite('capture.png', frame)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
break
cap.release()

Try put -0 on the index and pause any antivirus running
import cv2
import numpy as np
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(-0)
cap.set(3,640)
cap.set(3,480)
while(True):
success, img = cap.read()
cv2.imshow('frame',img)
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
break
cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

I faced the same issue after many calls with:
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
and it solved when I changed the index to 1 :
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(1)

In my case just disabling Kaspersy has solved the problem.