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Displaying webcam feed using OpenCV and Python+PySide.
#!/usr/bin/env python
from PySide.QtCore import *
from PySide.QtGui import *
import cv2
import sys
class MainApp(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
QWidget.__init__(self)
self.video_size = QSize(320, 240)
self.setup_ui()
self.setup_camera()
def setup_ui(self):
"""Initialize widgets.
"""
self.image_label = QLabel()
self.image_label.setFixedSize(self.video_size)
self.quit_button = QPushButton("Quit")
self.quit_button.clicked.connect(self.close)
self.main_layout = QVBoxLayout()
self.main_layout.addWidget(self.image_label)
self.main_layout.addWidget(self.quit_button)
self.setLayout(self.main_layout)
def setup_camera(self):
"""Initialize camera.
"""
self.capture = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
self.capture.set(cv2.cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, self.video_size.width())
self.capture.set(cv2.cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, self.video_size.height())
self.timer = QTimer()
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.display_video_stream)
self.timer.start(30)
def display_video_stream(self):
"""Read frame from camera and repaint QLabel widget.
"""
_, frame = self.capture.read()
frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.cv.CV_BGR2RGB)
frame = cv2.flip(frame, 1)
image = QImage(frame, frame.shape[1], frame.shape[0],
frame.strides[0], QImage.Format_RGB888)
self.image_label.setPixmap(QPixmap.fromImage(image))
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
win = MainApp()
win.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
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sure, i have no issues and not responsible for any issues that it might cause

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