I'm unable to open a .mov file using the stock Python OpenCV bindings from the main Windows distribution. The file opens fine in ffmpeg:
ffprobe version N-52045-g694fa00 Copyright (c) 2007-2013 the FFmpeg developers built on Apr 12 2013 17:00:02 with gcc 4.8.0 (GCC) configuration: --enable-gpl
--enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfi g --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetyp e --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-li bopenjpeg --enable-libopus
--enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheo ra --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib libavutil 52. 26.100 / 52. 26.100 libavcodec 55. 2.100 / 55. 2.100 libavformat 55. 2.100 / 55. 2.100 libavdevice 55. 0.100 / 55. 0.100 libavfilter 3. 53.101 / 3. 53.101 libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100 libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102 libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'FILE0005.mov': Metadata:
major_brand : qt
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: qt
creation_time : 2011-01-06 21:21:42 Duration: 00:15:14.05, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 15122 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 14987 kb/s, 29.97 f ps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn,
59.94 tbc
Metadata:
creation_time : 2011-01-06 21:21:42
handler_name : Ambarella AVC
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 127 kb/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 2011-01-06 21:21:42
handler_name : Ambarella AAC
I downloaded OpenCV from https://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-win/2.4.0/ and copied the build/python/2.7/cv2.pyd file to my python/lib/site-packages directory. The OpenCV samples work fine with .avi files, but I can't open my .mov file:
>>> c=cv2.VideoCapture('file0005.mov')
>>> c.isOpened()
False
I'm not sure what I need to do to get this to work - any advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks, Matthew