/** @file videowriter_basic.cpp @brief A very basic sample for using VideoWriter and VideoCapture @author PkLab.net @date Aug 24, 2016 */ #include #include #include using namespace cv; using namespace std; int main(int, char**) { Mat src; // use default camera as video source VideoCapture cap(0); // check if we succeeded if (!cap.isOpened()) { cerr << "ERROR! Unable to open camera\n"; return -1; } // get one frame from camera to know frame size and type cap >> src; // check if we succeeded if (src.empty()) { cerr << "ERROR! blank frame grabbed\n"; return -1; } bool isColor = (src.type() == CV_8UC3); //--- INITIALIZE VIDEOWRITER VideoWriter writer; int codec = CV_FOURCC('M', 'J', 'P', 'G'); // select desired codec (must be available at runtime) double fps = 25.0; // framerate of the created video stream string filename = "./live.avi"; // name of the output video file writer.open(filename, codec, fps, src.size(), isColor); // check if we succeeded if (!writer.isOpened()) { cerr << "Could not open the output video file for write\n"; return -1; } //--- GRAB AND WRITE LOOP cout << "Writing videofile: " << filename << endl << "Press any key to terminate" << endl; for (;;) { // check if we succeeded if (!cap.read(src)) { cerr << "ERROR! blank frame grabbed\n"; break; } // encode the frame into the videofile stream writer.write(src); // show live and wait for a key with timeout long enough to show images imshow("Live", src); if (waitKey(5) >= 0) break; } // the videofile will be closed and released automatically in VideoWriter destructor return 0; }