video capture in Python ?

[Stef Mientki]

Tim Roberts wrote:
> Stef Mientki <stef.mientki at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> has anyone got video capturing (from a webcam)  successful  running
>> in a wxPython application under winXP ?
>>
>> I got some links, but it seems quit complicated to get everything 
>> installed,
>> and all the packages you need don't describe which versions of the other 
>> parts you need,
>> so a lot trial and error I expect.
>>     
>
> What packages have you tried?
>   
videocapture
webcamwatcher
opencv
libvidcap
hdpvrassistent

they didn't run at all or they crashed within 10 seconds :-(
The most promissing looks videocapture, but that also crashes within 10 
seconds.
> Video capture is not a trivial task.
to be more exactly, I think you mean  "it's not a trival task in Python"

I just created a Delphi project to select a video device, show the cam 
image on the screen and store the movie in a file:
- less than 10 lines of code,
- less than 10 minutes of work
and the program looks rock stable !

So for this project I'll probably go back to Delphi ;-)

thanks,
Stef Mientki

>   There is a lot to do, although most
> of it is boilerplate that you will reuse from app to app.
>