diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/hal/intrin.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/hal/intrin.hpp
index 3bdbf05f2f..427a8420a0 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/hal/intrin.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/hal/intrin.hpp
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ CV_INTRIN_DEF_TYPE_TRAITS(double, int64, uint64, double, void, void, double, 2);
 
 #ifndef CV_DOXYGEN
 
+#ifndef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE
 #ifdef CV_CPU_DISPATCH_MODE
     #define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE __CV_CAT(hal_, CV_CPU_DISPATCH_MODE)
     #define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN namespace __CV_CAT(hal_, CV_CPU_DISPATCH_MODE) {
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ CV_INTRIN_DEF_TYPE_TRAITS(double, int64, uint64, double, void, void, double, 2);
     #define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN namespace hal_baseline {
     #define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE_END }
 #endif
+#endif // CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE
 
 CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE_END
@@ -168,29 +170,29 @@ using namespace CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE;
 #   undef CV_MSA
 #endif
 
-#if CV_SSE2 || CV_NEON || CV_VSX || CV_MSA || CV_WASM_SIMD
+#if (CV_SSE2 || CV_NEON || CV_VSX || CV_MSA || CV_WASM_SIMD) && !defined(CV_FORCE_SIMD128_CPP)
 #define CV__SIMD_FORWARD 128
 #include "opencv2/core/hal/intrin_forward.hpp"
 #endif
 
-#if CV_SSE2
+#if CV_SSE2 && !defined(CV_FORCE_SIMD128_CPP)
 
 #include "opencv2/core/hal/intrin_sse_em.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/core/hal/intrin_sse.hpp"
 
-#elif CV_NEON
+#elif CV_NEON && !defined(CV_FORCE_SIMD128_CPP)
 
 #include "opencv2/core/hal/intrin_neon.hpp"
 
-#elif CV_VSX
+#elif CV_VSX && !defined(CV_FORCE_SIMD128_CPP)
 
 #include "opencv2/core/hal/intrin_vsx.hpp"
 
-#elif CV_MSA
+#elif CV_MSA && !defined(CV_FORCE_SIMD128_CPP)
 
 #include "opencv2/core/hal/intrin_msa.hpp"
 
-#elif CV_WASM_SIMD
+#elif CV_WASM_SIMD && !defined(CV_FORCE_SIMD128_CPP)
 #include "opencv2/core/hal/intrin_wasm.hpp"
 
 #else
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/hal/intrin_cpp.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/hal/intrin_cpp.hpp
index 031420e9fc..ed5396e49e 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/hal/intrin_cpp.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/hal/intrin_cpp.hpp
@@ -365,6 +365,13 @@ template<typename _Tp, int n> struct v_reg
         return c;
     }
 
+    v_reg& operator=(const v_reg<_Tp, n> & r)
+    {
+        for( int i = 0; i < n; i++ )
+            s[i] = r.s[i];
+        return *this;
+    }
+
     _Tp s[n];
 //! @endcond
 };
@@ -623,7 +630,7 @@ template<typename _Tp, int n>
 inline v_reg<typename V_TypeTraits<_Tp>::abs_type, n> v_popcount(const v_reg<_Tp, n>& a)
 {
     v_reg<typename V_TypeTraits<_Tp>::abs_type, n> b = v_reg<typename V_TypeTraits<_Tp>::abs_type, n>::zero();
-    for (int i = 0; i < (int)(n*sizeof(_Tp)); i++)
+    for (int i = 0; i < n*(int)sizeof(_Tp); i++)
         b.s[i/sizeof(_Tp)] += popCountTable[v_reinterpret_as_u8(a).s[i]];
     return b;
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/misc/python/pyopencv_cuda.hpp b/modules/core/misc/python/pyopencv_cuda.hpp
index 62d2397b90..5be4977ca0 100644
--- a/modules/core/misc/python/pyopencv_cuda.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/misc/python/pyopencv_cuda.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ typedef cuda::Event::CreateFlags Event_CreateFlags;
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<cuda::GpuMat>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<cuda::GpuMat>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<cuda::GpuMat>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_intrin.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_intrin.cpp
index 9bc4981cda..321fa64264 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/test_intrin.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_intrin.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 #include "test_precomp.hpp"
 
 #include "test_intrin128.simd.hpp"
+
+// see "test_intrin_emulator.cpp"
+// see "opencv2/core/private/cv_cpu_include_simd_declarations.hpp"
+#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_DECLARATIONS_ONLY
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_END
+#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_BEGIN namespace opt_EMULATOR_CPP {
+#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_END }
+#include "test_intrin128.simd.hpp"
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_END
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_DECLARATIONS_ONLY
+
 #include "test_intrin128.simd_declarations.hpp"
 
 #undef CV_CPU_DISPATCH_MODES_ALL
@@ -22,6 +35,8 @@
 
 namespace opencv_test { namespace hal {
 
+#define CV_CPU_CALL_CPP_EMULATOR_(fn, args) return (opt_EMULATOR_CPP::fn args)
+
 #define CV_CPU_CALL_BASELINE_(fn, args)  CV_CPU_CALL_BASELINE(fn, args)
 
 #define DISPATCH_SIMD128(fn, cpu_opt) do { \
@@ -53,6 +68,8 @@ TEST(hal_intrin ## simd_size, float64x2_ ## cpu_opt) { DISPATCH_SIMD ## simd_siz
 
 namespace intrin128 {
 
+DEFINE_SIMD_TESTS(128, CPP_EMULATOR)
+
 DEFINE_SIMD_TESTS(128, BASELINE)
 
 #if defined CV_CPU_DISPATCH_COMPILE_SSE2 || defined CV_CPU_BASELINE_COMPILE_SSE2
diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_intrin_emulator.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_intrin_emulator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ae3c02b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_intrin_emulator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// This file is part of OpenCV project.
+// It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory
+// of this distribution and at http://opencv.org/license.html.
+#include "test_precomp.hpp"
+
+// see "opencv2/core/hal/intrin.hpp"
+#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE hal_EMULATOR_CPP
+#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN namespace hal_EMULATOR_CPP {
+#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_HAL_NAMESPACE_END }
+
+// see "opencv2/core/private/cv_cpu_include_simd_declarations.hpp"
+//#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_DECLARATIONS_ONLY
+#define CV_FORCE_SIMD128_CPP
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_END
+#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_BEGIN namespace opt_EMULATOR_CPP {
+#define CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_END }
+#include "test_intrin128.simd.hpp"
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+#undef CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_END
+#undef CV_CPU_DISPATCH_MODE
+#undef CV_FORCE_SIMD128_CPP
+
+// tests implementation is in test_intrin_utils.hpp
diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_umat.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_umat.cpp
index a4f32db712..d25916c18a 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/test_umat.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_umat.cpp
@@ -1383,4 +1383,16 @@ TEST(UMat, testTempObjects_Mat_issue_8693)
     EXPECT_EQ(0, cvtest::norm(srcUMat.getMat(ACCESS_READ), srcMat, NORM_INF));
 }
 
+TEST(UMat, resize_Mat_issue_13577)
+{
+    // save the current state
+    bool useOCL = cv::ocl::useOpenCL();
+
+    cv::ocl::setUseOpenCL(false);
+    UMat foo(10, 10, CV_32FC1);
+    cv::resize(foo, foo, cv::Size(), .5, .5);
+
+    cv::ocl::setUseOpenCL(useOCL);  // restore state
+}
+
 } } // namespace opencv_test::ocl
diff --git a/modules/dnn/misc/python/pyopencv_dnn.hpp b/modules/dnn/misc/python/pyopencv_dnn.hpp
index b1cc7c72d3..34aeacb08d 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/misc/python/pyopencv_dnn.hpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/misc/python/pyopencv_dnn.hpp
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ typedef std::vector<dnn::MatShape> vector_MatShape;
 typedef std::vector<std::vector<dnn::MatShape> > vector_vector_MatShape;
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, dnn::DictValue &dv, const char *name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, dnn::DictValue &dv, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!o || o == Py_None)
         return true; //Current state will be used
     else if (PyLong_Check(o))
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, dnn::DictValue &dv, const char *name)
     return false;
 }
 
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, std::vector<Mat> &blobs, const char *name) //required for Layer::blobs RW
-{
-  return pyopencvVecConverter<Mat>::to(o, blobs, ArgInfo(name, false));
-}
-
 template<typename T>
 PyObject* pyopencv_from(const dnn::DictValue &dv)
 {
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/op_inf_engine.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/op_inf_engine.cpp
index ea8ada4496..e48c627e12 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/op_inf_engine.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/op_inf_engine.cpp
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void InfEngineBackendNet::initPlugin(InferenceEngine::CNNNetwork& net)
             {
                 candidates.push_back(param_pluginPath);
             }
-
+#if INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_LE(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE_2019R3)
             if (device_name == "CPU" || device_name == "FPGA")
             {
                 std::string suffixes[] = {"_avx2", "_sse4", ""};
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ void InfEngineBackendNet::initPlugin(InferenceEngine::CNNNetwork& net)
 #endif  // _WIN32
                 }
             }
+#endif
             bool found = false;
             for (size_t i = 0; i != candidates.size(); ++i)
             {
diff --git a/modules/flann/misc/python/pyopencv_flann.hpp b/modules/flann/misc/python/pyopencv_flann.hpp
index 2f56afb398..3d97edbb59 100644
--- a/modules/flann/misc/python/pyopencv_flann.hpp
+++ b/modules/flann/misc/python/pyopencv_flann.hpp
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const cvflann_flann_distance_t& value)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, cv::flann::IndexParams& p, const char *name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, cv::flann::IndexParams& p, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     bool ok = true;
     PyObject* key = NULL;
     PyObject* item = NULL;
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, cv::flann::IndexParams& p, const char *name)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, cv::flann::SearchParams & value, const char * name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, cv::flann::SearchParams & value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    return pyopencv_to<cv::flann::IndexParams>(obj, value, name);
+    return pyopencv_to<cv::flann::IndexParams>(obj, value, info);
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, cvflann::flann_distance_t& dist, const char *name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, cvflann::flann_distance_t& dist, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
     int d = (int)dist;
-    bool ok = pyopencv_to(o, d, name);
+    bool ok = pyopencv_to(o, d, info);
     dist = (cvflann::flann_distance_t)d;
     return ok;
 }
diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
index ab0d3fe89f..b0283e5ca4 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
@@ -3738,6 +3738,11 @@ void cv::resize( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, Size dsize,
     CV_OCL_RUN(_src.dims() <= 2 && _dst.isUMat() && _src.cols() > 10 && _src.rows() > 10,
                ocl_resize(_src, _dst, dsize, inv_scale_x, inv_scale_y, interpolation))
 
+    // Fake reference to source. Resolves issue 13577 in case of src == dst.
+    UMat srcUMat;
+    if (_src.isUMat())
+        srcUMat = _src.getUMat();
+
     Mat src = _src.getMat();
     _dst.create(dsize, src.type());
     Mat dst = _dst.getMat();
diff --git a/modules/js/test/test_features2d.js b/modules/js/test/test_features2d.js
index c8ca17ec3a..45e3d4d715 100644
--- a/modules/js/test/test_features2d.js
+++ b/modules/js/test/test_features2d.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ QUnit.test('Detectors', function(assert) {
 
   let akaze = new cv.AKAZE();
   akaze.detect(image, kp);
-  assert.equal(kp.size(), 52, 'AKAZE');
+  assert.equal(kp.size(), 53, 'AKAZE');
 });
 
 QUnit.test('BFMatcher', function(assert) {
diff --git a/modules/ml/misc/python/pyopencv_ml.hpp b/modules/ml/misc/python/pyopencv_ml.hpp
index e5b072816e..564eba5fac 100644
--- a/modules/ml/misc/python/pyopencv_ml.hpp
+++ b/modules/ml/misc/python/pyopencv_ml.hpp
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *obj, CvTermCriteria& dst, const char *name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *obj, CvTermCriteria& dst, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "iid", &dst.type, &dst.max_iter, &dst.epsilon) > 0;
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, CvSlice& r, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, CvSlice& r, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     if(PyObject_Size(obj) == 0)
diff --git a/modules/python/src2/cv2.cpp b/modules/python/src2/cv2.cpp
index a469d46f8d..ce6c441b5c 100644
--- a/modules/python/src2/cv2.cpp
+++ b/modules/python/src2/cv2.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
 #include <numpy/ndarrayobject.h>
 
+#include "opencv2/core/utils/configuration.private.hpp"
+#include "opencv2/core/utils/logger.hpp"
+
 #include "pyopencv_generated_include.h"
 #include "opencv2/core/types_c.h"
 #include "opencv2/opencv_modules.hpp"
@@ -37,21 +40,53 @@
 
 #include <type_traits>  // std::enable_if
 
+class ArgInfo
+{
+public:
+    const char * name;
+    bool outputarg;
+    // more fields may be added if necessary
+
+    ArgInfo(const char * name_, bool outputarg_)
+        : name(name_)
+        , outputarg(outputarg_) {}
+
+private:
+    ArgInfo(const ArgInfo&) = delete;
+    ArgInfo& operator=(const ArgInfo&) = delete;
+};
+
 template<typename T, class TEnable = void>  // TEnable is used for SFINAE checks
 struct PyOpenCV_Converter
 {
-    //static inline bool to(PyObject* obj, T& p, const char* name);
+    //static inline bool to(PyObject* obj, T& p, const ArgInfo& info);
     //static inline PyObject* from(const T& src);
 };
 
 template<typename T> static
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, T& p, const char* name = "<unknown>") { return PyOpenCV_Converter<T>::to(obj, p, name); }
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, T& p, const ArgInfo& info) { return PyOpenCV_Converter<T>::to(obj, p, info); }
 
 template<typename T> static
 PyObject* pyopencv_from(const T& src) { return PyOpenCV_Converter<T>::from(src); }
 
 static PyObject* opencv_error = NULL;
 
+static bool isPythonBindingsDebugEnabled()
+{
+    static bool param_debug = cv::utils::getConfigurationParameterBool("OPENCV_PYTHON_DEBUG", false);
+    return param_debug;
+}
+
+static void emit_failmsg(PyObject * exc, const char *msg)
+{
+    static bool param_debug = isPythonBindingsDebugEnabled();
+    if (param_debug)
+    {
+        CV_LOG_WARNING(NULL, "Bindings conversion failed: " << msg);
+    }
+    PyErr_SetString(exc, msg);
+}
+
 static int failmsg(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     char str[1000];
@@ -61,23 +96,22 @@ static int failmsg(const char *fmt, ...)
     vsnprintf(str, sizeof(str), fmt, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 
-    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, str);
+    emit_failmsg(PyExc_TypeError, str);
     return 0;
 }
 
-struct ArgInfo
+static PyObject* failmsgp(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-    const char * name;
-    bool outputarg;
-    // more fields may be added if necessary
+    char str[1000];
 
-    ArgInfo(const char * name_, bool outputarg_)
-        : name(name_)
-        , outputarg(outputarg_) {}
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    vsnprintf(str, sizeof(str), fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
 
-    // to match with older pyopencv_to function signature
-    operator const char *() const { return name; }
-};
+    emit_failmsg(PyExc_TypeError, str);
+    return 0;
+}
 
 class PyAllowThreads
 {
@@ -156,19 +190,6 @@ typedef std::vector<std::vector<Point3f> > vector_vector_Point3f;
 typedef std::vector<std::vector<DMatch> > vector_vector_DMatch;
 typedef std::vector<std::vector<KeyPoint> > vector_vector_KeyPoint;
 
-static PyObject* failmsgp(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-  char str[1000];
-
-  va_list ap;
-  va_start(ap, fmt);
-  vsnprintf(str, sizeof(str), fmt, ap);
-  va_end(ap);
-
-  PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, str);
-  return 0;
-}
-
 class NumpyAllocator : public MatAllocator
 {
 public:
@@ -246,7 +267,7 @@ NumpyAllocator g_numpyAllocator;
 enum { ARG_NONE = 0, ARG_MAT = 1, ARG_SCALAR = 2 };
 
 // special case, when the converter needs full ArgInfo structure
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Mat& m, const ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Mat& m, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
     bool allowND = true;
     if(!o || o == Py_None)
@@ -425,14 +446,8 @@ static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Mat& m, const ArgInfo info)
     return true;
 }
 
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Mat& m, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(o, m, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
-
 template<typename _Tp, int m, int n>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Matx<_Tp, m, n>& mx, const ArgInfo info)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Matx<_Tp, m, n>& mx, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
     Mat tmp;
     if (!pyopencv_to(o, tmp, info)) {
@@ -443,10 +458,10 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Matx<_Tp, m, n>& mx, const ArgInfo info)
     return true;
 }
 
-template<typename _Tp, int m, int n>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Matx<_Tp, m, n>& mx, const char* name)
+template<typename _Tp, int cn>
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* o, Vec<_Tp, cn>& vec, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    return pyopencv_to(o, mx, ArgInfo(name, 0));
+    return pyopencv_to(o, (Matx<_Tp, cn, 1>&)vec, info);
 }
 
 template<>
@@ -481,19 +496,19 @@ struct PyOpenCV_Converter< cv::Ptr<T> >
             Py_RETURN_NONE;
         return pyopencv_from(*p);
     }
-    static bool to(PyObject *o, Ptr<T>& p, const char *name)
+    static bool to(PyObject *o, Ptr<T>& p, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         if (!o || o == Py_None)
             return true;
         p = makePtr<T>();
-        return pyopencv_to(o, *p, name);
+        return pyopencv_to(o, *p, info);
     }
 };
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, void*& ptr, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, void*& ptr, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
 
@@ -515,7 +530,7 @@ struct SafeSeqItem
     ~SafeSeqItem() { Py_XDECREF(item); }
 };
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, Scalar& s, const ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, Scalar& s, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
     if(!o || o == Py_None)
         return true;
@@ -546,12 +561,6 @@ static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, Scalar& s, const ArgInfo info)
     return true;
 }
 
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, Scalar& s, const char *name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(o, s, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
-
 template<>
 PyObject* pyopencv_from(const Scalar& src)
 {
@@ -565,9 +574,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const bool& value)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, bool& value, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, bool& value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     int _val = PyObject_IsTrue(obj);
@@ -584,9 +593,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const size_t& value)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, size_t& value, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, size_t& value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     value = (int)PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(obj);
@@ -600,9 +609,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const int& value)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, int& value, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, int& value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     if(PyInt_Check(obj))
@@ -625,9 +634,9 @@ struct PyOpenCV_Converter
         return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(value);
     }
 
-    static inline bool to(PyObject* obj, unsigned int& value, const char* name)
+    static inline bool to(PyObject* obj, unsigned int& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
-        CV_UNUSED(name);
+        CV_UNUSED(info);
         if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
             return true;
         if(PyInt_Check(obj))
@@ -647,9 +656,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const uchar& value)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, uchar& value, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, uchar& value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     int ivalue = (int)PyInt_AsLong(obj);
@@ -664,9 +673,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const double& value)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, double& value, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, double& value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     if(!!PyInt_CheckExact(obj))
@@ -683,9 +692,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const float& value)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, float& value, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, float& value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     if(!!PyInt_CheckExact(obj))
@@ -708,9 +717,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const String& value)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, String &value, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, String &value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     std::string str;
@@ -723,9 +732,9 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, String &value, const char* name)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Size& sz, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Size& sz, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "ii", &sz.width, &sz.height) > 0;
@@ -738,9 +747,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const Size& sz)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Size_<float>& sz, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Size_<float>& sz, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "ff", &sz.width, &sz.height) > 0;
@@ -759,9 +768,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const Rect& r)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Rect2d& r, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Rect2d& r, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "dddd", &r.x, &r.y, &r.width, &r.height) > 0;
@@ -774,16 +783,16 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const Rect2d& r)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Range& r, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Range& r, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     while (PySequence_Check(obj))
     {
         if (2 != PySequence_Size(obj))
         {
-            failmsg("Range value for argument '%s' is longer than 2", name);
+            failmsg("Range value for argument '%s' is longer than 2", info.name);
             return false;
         }
         {
@@ -792,7 +801,7 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Range& r, const char* name)
             if (PyInt_Check(item)) {
                 r.start = (int)PyInt_AsLong(item);
             } else {
-                failmsg("Range.start value for argument '%s' is not integer", name);
+                failmsg("Range.start value for argument '%s' is not integer", info.name);
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -802,7 +811,7 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Range& r, const char* name)
             if (PyInt_Check(item)) {
                 r.end = (int)PyInt_AsLong(item);
             } else {
-                failmsg("Range.end value for argument '%s' is not integer", name);
+                failmsg("Range.end value for argument '%s' is not integer", info.name);
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -823,9 +832,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const Range& r)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point& p, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point& p, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     if(PyComplex_Check(obj))
@@ -838,9 +847,9 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point& p, const char* name)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point2f& p, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point2f& p, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     if (PyComplex_Check(obj))
@@ -853,9 +862,9 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point2f& p, const char* name)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point2d& p, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point2d& p, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     if(PyComplex_Check(obj))
@@ -868,18 +877,18 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point2d& p, const char* name)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point3f& p, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point3f& p, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "fff", &p.x, &p.y, &p.z) > 0;
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point3d& p, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Point3d& p, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "ddd", &p.x, &p.y, &p.z) > 0;
@@ -903,122 +912,77 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const Point3f& p)
     return Py_BuildValue("(ddd)", p.x, p.y, p.z);
 }
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4d& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4d& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "dddd", &v[0], &v[1], &v[2], &v[3]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4d& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4f& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4f& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "ffff", &v[0], &v[1], &v[2], &v[3]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4f& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4i& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4i& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "iiii", &v[0], &v[1], &v[2], &v[3]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec4i& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3d& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3d& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "ddd", &v[0], &v[1], &v[2]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3d& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3f& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3f& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "fff", &v[0], &v[1], &v[2]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3f& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3i& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3i& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "iii", &v[0], &v[1], &v[2]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec3i& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2d& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2d& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "dd", &v[0], &v[1]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2d& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2f& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2f& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "ff", &v[0], &v[1]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2f& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
-static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2i& v, ArgInfo info)
+static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2i& v, ArgInfo& info)
 {
     CV_UNUSED(info);
     if (!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "ii", &v[0], &v[1]) > 0;
 }
-template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Vec2i& v, const char* name)
-{
-    return pyopencv_to(obj, v, ArgInfo(name, 0));
-}
 
 template<>
 PyObject* pyopencv_from(const Vec4d& v)
@@ -1121,7 +1085,7 @@ template<typename _Tp> struct pyopencvVecConverter
         }
         return true;
     }
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<_Tp>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<_Tp>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
             return true;
@@ -1201,7 +1165,7 @@ template<typename _Tp> struct pyopencvVecConverter
 };
 
 template<typename _Tp>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<_Tp>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<_Tp>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
     return pyopencvVecConverter<_Tp>::to(obj, value, info);
 }
@@ -1212,7 +1176,7 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const std::vector<_Tp>& value)
     return pyopencvVecConverter<_Tp>::from(value);
 }
 
-template<typename _Tp> static inline bool pyopencv_to_generic_vec(PyObject* obj, std::vector<_Tp>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+template<typename _Tp> static inline bool pyopencv_to_generic_vec(PyObject* obj, std::vector<_Tp>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
        return true;
@@ -1256,7 +1220,7 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const std::pair<int, double>& src)
 
 template<typename _Tp, typename _Tr> struct pyopencvVecConverter<std::pair<_Tp, _Tr> >
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<std::pair<_Tp, _Tr> >& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<std::pair<_Tp, _Tr> >& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -1269,7 +1233,7 @@ template<typename _Tp, typename _Tr> struct pyopencvVecConverter<std::pair<_Tp,
 
 template<typename _Tp> struct pyopencvVecConverter<std::vector<_Tp> >
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<std::vector<_Tp> >& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<std::vector<_Tp> >& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -1282,7 +1246,7 @@ template<typename _Tp> struct pyopencvVecConverter<std::vector<_Tp> >
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<Mat>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<Mat>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<Mat>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -1295,7 +1259,7 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<Mat>
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<UMat>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<UMat>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<UMat>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -1308,7 +1272,7 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<UMat>
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<KeyPoint>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<KeyPoint>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<KeyPoint>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -1321,7 +1285,7 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<KeyPoint>
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<DMatch>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<DMatch>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<DMatch>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -1334,7 +1298,7 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<DMatch>
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<String>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<String>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<String>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -1347,7 +1311,7 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<String>
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<RotatedRect>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<RotatedRect>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<RotatedRect>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -1358,9 +1322,9 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<RotatedRect>
 };
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Rect& r, const char* name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Rect& r, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj || obj == Py_None)
         return true;
 
@@ -1369,7 +1333,7 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Rect& r, const char* name)
     else
     {
         std::vector<int> value(4);
-        pyopencvVecConverter<int>::to(obj, value, ArgInfo(name, 0));
+        pyopencvVecConverter<int>::to(obj, value, info);
         r = Rect(value[0], value[1], value[2], value[3]);
         return true;
     }
@@ -1377,9 +1341,9 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, Rect& r, const char* name)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *obj, TermCriteria& dst, const char *name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *obj, TermCriteria& dst, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "iid", &dst.type, &dst.maxCount, &dst.epsilon) > 0;
@@ -1392,9 +1356,9 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const TermCriteria& src)
 }
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *obj, RotatedRect& dst, const char *name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *obj, RotatedRect& dst, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-    CV_UNUSED(name);
+    CV_UNUSED(info);
     if(!obj)
         return true;
     return PyArg_ParseTuple(obj, "(ff)(ff)f", &dst.center.x, &dst.center.y, &dst.size.width, &dst.size.height, &dst.angle) > 0;
@@ -1634,7 +1598,7 @@ static PyObject *pycvCreateButton(PyObject*, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-static int convert_to_char(PyObject *o, char *dst, const char *name = "no_name")
+static int convert_to_char(PyObject *o, char *dst, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
     std::string str;
     if (getUnicodeString(o, str))
@@ -1643,7 +1607,7 @@ static int convert_to_char(PyObject *o, char *dst, const char *name = "no_name")
         return 1;
     }
     (*dst) = 0;
-    return failmsg("Expected single character string for argument '%s'", name);
+    return failmsg("Expected single character string for argument '%s'", info.name);
 }
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
diff --git a/modules/python/src2/gen2.py b/modules/python/src2/gen2.py
index 8516cb6804..af2bf5b9a1 100755
--- a/modules/python/src2/gen2.py
+++ b/modules/python/src2/gen2.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ gen_template_func_body = Template("""$code_decl
 gen_template_mappable = Template("""
     {
         ${mappable} _src;
-        if (pyopencv_to(src, _src, name))
+        if (pyopencv_to(src, _src, info))
         {
             return cv_mappable_to(_src, dst);
         }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct PyOpenCV_Converter< ${cname} >
     {
         return pyopencv_${name}_Instance(r);
     }
-    static bool to(PyObject* src, ${cname}& dst, const char* name)
+    static bool to(PyObject* src, ${cname}& dst, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         if(!src || src == Py_None)
             return true;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct PyOpenCV_Converter< ${cname} >
             return true;
         }
         ${mappable_code}
-        failmsg("Expected ${cname} for argument '%s'", name);
+        failmsg("Expected ${cname} for argument '%s'", info.name);
         return false;
     }
 };
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct PyOpenCV_Converter< ${cname} >
 """)
 
 gen_template_map_type_cvt = Template("""
-template<> bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* src, ${cname}& dst, const char* name);
+template<> bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* src, ${cname}& dst, const ArgInfo& info);
 
 """)
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ gen_template_set_prop_from_map = Template("""
     if( PyMapping_HasKeyString(src, (char*)"$propname") )
     {
         tmp = PyMapping_GetItemString(src, (char*)"$propname");
-        ok = tmp && pyopencv_to(tmp, dst.$propname);
+        ok = tmp && pyopencv_to(tmp, dst.$propname, ArgInfo("$propname", false));
         Py_DECREF(tmp);
         if(!ok) return false;
     }""")
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int pyopencv_${name}_set_${member}(pyopencv_${name}_t* p, PyObject *value
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete the ${member} attribute");
         return -1;
     }
-    return pyopencv_to(value, p->v${access}${member}) ? 0 : -1;
+    return pyopencv_to(value, p->v${access}${member}, ArgInfo("value", false)) ? 0 : -1;
 }
 """)
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int pyopencv_${name}_set_${member}(pyopencv_${name}_t* p, PyObject *value
         failmsgp("Incorrect type of object (must be '${name}' or its derivative)");
         return -1;
     }
-    return pyopencv_to(value, _self_${access}${member}) ? 0 : -1;
+    return pyopencv_to(value, _self_${access}${member}, ArgInfo("value", false)) ? 0 : -1;
 }
 """)
 
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ class ClassInfo(object):
 
     def gen_map_code(self, codegen):
         all_classes = codegen.classes
-        code = "static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* src, %s& dst, const char* name)\n{\n    PyObject* tmp;\n    bool ok;\n" % (self.cname)
+        code = "static bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* src, %s& dst, const ArgInfo& info)\n{\n    PyObject* tmp;\n    bool ok;\n" % (self.cname)
         code += "".join([gen_template_set_prop_from_map.substitute(propname=p.name,proptype=p.tp) for p in self.props])
         if self.base:
-            code += "\n    return pyopencv_to(src, (%s&)dst, name);\n}\n" % all_classes[self.base].cname
+            code += "\n    return pyopencv_to(src, (%s&)dst, info);\n}\n" % all_classes[self.base].cname
         else:
             code += "\n    return true;\n}\n"
         return code
diff --git a/modules/python/src2/pycompat.hpp b/modules/python/src2/pycompat.hpp
index 8ba0500863..054117d625 100644
--- a/modules/python/src2/pycompat.hpp
+++ b/modules/python/src2/pycompat.hpp
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ static inline bool getUnicodeString(PyObject * obj, std::string &str)
 
 #define CV_PY_TO_CLASS(TYPE)                                                                          \
 template<>                                                                                            \
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* dst, TYPE& src, const char* name)                                          \
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* dst, TYPE& src, const ArgInfo& info)                                       \
 {                                                                                                     \
     if (!dst || dst == Py_None)                                                                       \
         return true;                                                                                  \
     Ptr<TYPE> ptr;                                                                                    \
                                                                                                       \
-    if (!pyopencv_to(dst, ptr, name)) return false;                                                   \
+    if (!pyopencv_to(dst, ptr, info)) return false;                                                   \
     src = *ptr;                                                                                       \
     return true;                                                                                      \
 }
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ PyObject* pyopencv_from(const TYPE& src)
 
 #define CV_PY_TO_CLASS_PTR(TYPE)                                                                      \
 template<>                                                                                            \
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* dst, TYPE*& src, const char* name)                                         \
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* dst, TYPE*& src, const ArgInfo& info)                                      \
 {                                                                                                     \
     if (!dst || dst == Py_None)                                                                       \
         return true;                                                                                  \
     Ptr<TYPE> ptr;                                                                                    \
                                                                                                       \
-    if (!pyopencv_to(dst, ptr, name)) return false;                                                   \
+    if (!pyopencv_to(dst, ptr, info)) return false;                                                   \
     src = ptr;                                                                                        \
     return true;                                                                                      \
 }
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ static PyObject* pyopencv_from(TYPE*& src)
 
 #define CV_PY_TO_ENUM(TYPE)                                                                           \
 template<>                                                                                            \
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* dst, TYPE& src, const char* name)                                          \
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* dst, TYPE& src, const ArgInfo& info)                                       \
 {                                                                                                     \
     if (!dst || dst == Py_None)                                                                       \
         return true;                                                                                  \
     int underlying = 0;                                                  \
                                                                                                       \
-    if (!pyopencv_to(dst, underlying, name)) return false;                                            \
+    if (!pyopencv_to(dst, underlying, info)) return false;                                            \
     src = static_cast<TYPE>(underlying);                                                              \
     return true;                                                                                      \
 }
diff --git a/modules/stitching/misc/python/pyopencv_stitching.hpp b/modules/stitching/misc/python/pyopencv_stitching.hpp
index 13ebfc9c95..406621cef2 100644
--- a/modules/stitching/misc/python/pyopencv_stitching.hpp
+++ b/modules/stitching/misc/python/pyopencv_stitching.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ typedef std::vector<detail::CameraParams> vector_CameraParams;
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<detail::ImageFeatures>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<detail::ImageFeatures>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<detail::ImageFeatures>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<detail::ImageFeatures>
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<detail::MatchesInfo>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<detail::MatchesInfo>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<detail::MatchesInfo>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<detail::MatchesInfo>
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<detail::CameraParams>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<detail::CameraParams>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<detail::CameraParams>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
diff --git a/modules/videoio/misc/python/pyopencv_videoio.hpp b/modules/videoio/misc/python/pyopencv_videoio.hpp
index 8ea62ebd73..5fa2f9e221 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/misc/python/pyopencv_videoio.hpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/misc/python/pyopencv_videoio.hpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ typedef std::vector<VideoCaptureAPIs> vector_VideoCaptureAPIs;
 
 template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<cv::VideoCaptureAPIs>
 {
-    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<cv::VideoCaptureAPIs>& value, const ArgInfo info)
+    static bool to(PyObject* obj, std::vector<cv::VideoCaptureAPIs>& value, const ArgInfo& info)
     {
         return pyopencv_to_generic_vec(obj, value, info);
     }
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ template<> struct pyopencvVecConverter<cv::VideoCaptureAPIs>
 };
 
 template<>
-bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, std::vector<cv::VideoCaptureAPIs>& apis, const char *name)
+bool pyopencv_to(PyObject *o, std::vector<cv::VideoCaptureAPIs>& apis, const ArgInfo& info)
 {
-  return pyopencvVecConverter<cv::VideoCaptureAPIs>::to(o, apis, ArgInfo(name, false));
+  return pyopencvVecConverter<cv::VideoCaptureAPIs>::to(o, apis, info);
 }
 
 #endif // HAVE_OPENCV_VIDEOIO
diff --git a/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp b/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
index 1101c72311..984408d86f 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
@@ -1058,7 +1058,15 @@ bool CvCapture_FFMPEG::processRawPacket()
         AVCodecID eVideoCodec = video_st->codec.codec_id;
 #endif
         const char* filterName = NULL;
-        if (eVideoCodec == CV_CODEC(CODEC_ID_H264) || eVideoCodec == CV_CODEC(CODEC_ID_H265))
+        if (eVideoCodec == CV_CODEC(CODEC_ID_H264)
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO >= 100 \
+    && LIBAVCODEC_BUILD >= CALC_FFMPEG_VERSION(57, 24, 102)  // FFmpeg 3.0
+            || eVideoCodec == CV_CODEC(CODEC_ID_H265)
+#elif LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO < 100 \
+    && LIBAVCODEC_BUILD >= CALC_FFMPEG_VERSION(55, 34, 1)  // libav v10+
+            || eVideoCodec == CV_CODEC(CODEC_ID_HEVC)
+#endif
+        )
         {
             // check start code prefixed mode (as defined in the Annex B H.264 / H.265 specification)
             if (packet.size >= 5
@@ -1105,7 +1113,7 @@ bool CvCapture_FFMPEG::processRawPacket()
     {
         if (packet_filtered.data)
         {
-            av_packet_unref(&packet_filtered);
+            _opencv_ffmpeg_av_packet_unref(&packet_filtered);
         }
 
 #if LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD >= CALC_FFMPEG_VERSION(58, 20, 100)
diff --git a/modules/videoio/test/test_ffmpeg.cpp b/modules/videoio/test/test_ffmpeg.cpp
index bdff1b7ac2..f769b5c5dd 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/test/test_ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/test/test_ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -114,17 +114,18 @@ TEST_P(videoio_container, read)
     const string fileNameOut = tempfile(cv::format("test_container_stream.%s", ext_raw.c_str()).c_str());
 
     // Write encoded video read using VideoContainer to tmp file
+    size_t totalBytes = 0;
     {
         VideoCapture container(findDataFile(fileName), api);
-        ASSERT_TRUE(container.isOpened());
+        if (!container.isOpened())
+            throw SkipTestException("Video stream is not supported");
         if (!container.set(CAP_PROP_FORMAT, -1))  // turn off video decoder (extract stream)
             throw SkipTestException("Fetching of RAW video streams is not supported");
         ASSERT_EQ(-1.f, container.get(CAP_PROP_FORMAT));  // check
         EXPECT_EQ(codec, fourccToString((int)container.get(CAP_PROP_FOURCC)));
         EXPECT_EQ(pixelFormat, fourccToString((int)container.get(CAP_PROP_CODEC_PIXEL_FORMAT)));
 
-        std::ofstream file(fileNameOut, ios::out | ios::trunc | std::ios::binary);
-        size_t totalBytes = 0;
+        std::ofstream file(fileNameOut.c_str(), ios::out | ios::trunc | std::ios::binary);
         Mat raw_data;
         while (true)
         {
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ TEST_P(videoio_container, read)
         ASSERT_GE(totalBytes, (size_t)65536) << "Encoded stream is too small";
     }
 
-    std::cout << "Checking extracted video stream: " << fileNameOut << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Checking extracted video stream: " << fileNameOut << " (size: " << totalBytes << " bytes)" << std::endl;
 
     // Check decoded frames read from original media are equal to frames decoded from tmp file
     {
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ TEST_P(videoio_container, read)
         {
             nframes++;
             ASSERT_TRUE(capActual.read(actual)) << nframes;
-            EXPECT_EQ(0, cvtest::norm(actual, reference, NORM_INF)) << nframes << " err=" << ++n_err;
+            EXPECT_EQ(0, cvtest::norm(actual, reference, NORM_INF)) << "frame=" << nframes << " err=" << ++n_err;
         }
         ASSERT_GT(nframes, 0);
     }
@@ -168,12 +169,13 @@ TEST_P(videoio_container, read)
 
 const videoio_container_params_t videoio_container_params[] =
 {
-    make_tuple(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h264", "h264", "h264", "I420"),
-    make_tuple(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h265", "h265", "hevc", "I420"),
-    //make_tuple(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h264.mkv", "mkv.h264", "h264", "I420"),
-    //make_tuple(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h265.mkv", "mkv.h265", "hevc", "I420"),
-    //make_tuple(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h264.mp4", "mp4.avc1", "avc1", "I420"),
-    //make_tuple(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h265.mp4", "mp4.hev1", "hev1", "I420"),
+    videoio_container_params_t(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h264", "h264", "h264", "I420"),
+    videoio_container_params_t(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h265", "h265", "hevc", "I420"),
+    videoio_container_params_t(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "mjpg.avi", "mjpg", "MJPG", "I420"),
+    //videoio_container_params_t(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h264.mkv", "mkv.h264", "h264", "I420"),
+    //videoio_container_params_t(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h265.mkv", "mkv.h265", "hevc", "I420"),
+    //videoio_container_params_t(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h264.mp4", "mp4.avc1", "avc1", "I420"),
+    //videoio_container_params_t(CAP_FFMPEG, "video/big_buck_bunny", "h265.mp4", "mp4.hev1", "hev1", "I420"),
 };
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(/**/, videoio_container, testing::ValuesIn(videoio_container_params));