# This script shows how to open a camera in OpenCV and grab frames and show these. # Kim S. Pedersen, 2022 import cv2 # Import the OpenCV library def gstreamer_pipeline(capture_width=1024, capture_height=720, framerate=30): """Utility function for setting parameters for the gstreamer camera pipeline""" return ( "libcamerasrc !" "video/x-raw, width=(int)%d, height=(int)%d, framerate=(fraction)%d/1 ! " "videoconvert ! " "appsink" % ( capture_width, capture_height, framerate, ) ) print("OpenCV version = " + cv2.__version__) # Open a camera device for capturing cam = cv2.VideoCapture(gstreamer_pipeline(), apiPreference=cv2.CAP_GSTREAMER) if not cam.isOpened(): # Error print("Could not open camera") exit(-1) # Open a window WIN_RF = "Example 1" cv2.namedWindow(WIN_RF) cv2.moveWindow(WIN_RF, 100, 100) while cv2.waitKey(4) == -1: # Wait for a key pressed event retval, frameReference = cam.read() # Read frame if not retval: # Error print(" < < < Game over! > > > ") exit(-1) # Show frames cv2.imshow(WIN_RF, frameReference) # Finished successfully