/* * starter_video.cpp * * Created on: Nov 23, 2010 * Author: Ethan Rublee * * A starter sample for using opencv, get a video stream and display the images * easy as CV_PI right? */ #include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp" #include <iostream> #include <vector> #include <stdio.h> using namespace cv; using namespace std; //hide the local functions in an anon namespace namespace { void help(char** av) { cout << "\nThis program justs gets you started reading images from video\n" "Usage:\n./" << av[0] << " <video device number>\n" << "q,Q,esc -- quit\n" << "space -- save frame\n\n" << "\tThis is a starter sample, to get you up and going in a copy pasta fashion\n" << "\tThe program captures frames from a camera connected to your computer.\n" << "\tTo find the video device number, try ls /dev/video* \n" << "\tYou may also pass a video file, like my_vide.avi instead of a device number" << endl; } int process(VideoCapture& capture) { int n = 0; char filename[200]; string window_name = "video | q or esc to quit"; cout << "press space to save a picture. q or esc to quit" << endl; namedWindow(window_name, CV_WINDOW_KEEPRATIO); //resizable window; Mat frame; for (;;) { capture >> frame; if (frame.empty()) break; imshow(window_name, frame); char key = (char)waitKey(5); //delay N millis, usually long enough to display and capture input switch (key) { case 'q': case 'Q': case 27: //escape key return 0; case ' ': //Save an image sprintf(filename,"filename%.3d.jpg",n++); imwrite(filename,frame); cout << "Saved " << filename << endl; break; default: break; } } return 0; } } int main(int ac, char** av) { if (ac != 2) { help(av); return 1; } std::string arg = av[1]; VideoCapture capture(arg); //try to open string, this will attempt to open it as a video file if (!capture.isOpened()) //if this fails, try to open as a video camera, through the use of an integer param capture.open(atoi(arg.c_str())); if (!capture.isOpened()) { cerr << "Failed to open a video device or video file!\n" << endl; help(av); return 1; } return process(capture); }