RTSP stream and OpenCV (Python)

Question

I have an IP camera streaming on Linux through rtsp protocol and h264 linux driver. I am able to see the video in VLC with the following address and port:

rtsp://192.168.1.2:8080/out.h264

However if I try to get the same video for OpenCV processing in Python 2.7.5 (MacOS X 10.9):

import cv
video = cv.CaptureFromFile('rtsp://192.168.1.2:8080/out.h264')

I get the following error:

WARNING: Couldn't read movie file rtsp://192.168.1.2:8080/out.h264

It seems something rather simple, but I am stuck on it. Thanks.

Answer 1

this works for me (using opencv 2.4.9):

vcap = cv.VideoCapture("rtsp://192.168.1.2:8080/out.h264")

while(1):

    ret, frame = vcap.read()
    cv.imshow('VIDEO', frame)
    cv.waitKey(1)