Video file not opening?(opencv 3.1.0 windows)

Question

import cv2 
cap = cv2.VideoCapture("StopMoti2001.mpeg")
if cap.isOpened():
    print 'fine'
else:
    print 'not fine'

output is 'not fine' I have checked for various videos and I also moved the ffmpeg file moving to PATH and still the problem remains same. can you please suggest a solution

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '16 at 04:37

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Solved my problem, Actually I was working in anaconda, so instead of moving ffmpeg to Python27, I should move it to Anaconda dll folder to make it work.

answered Jun 06 '16 at 04:37

Sush

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Would you elaborate on what you mean by 'moving ffmpeg to Python27'? Did you move the videofile to the python installation directory? – Allan Nørgaard Jun 07 '16 at 12:40
I mean [this..](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11703998/3636782) so instead of moving into C://Python27/ move to C:\Users\$username\Anaconda2\DLLs folder – Sush Jun 08 '16 at 09:26
So your problem was the OpenCV library not being in the right folder, not FFMPEG – Allan Nørgaard Jun 08 '16 at 13:29
No, the `opencv_ffmpeg310.dll` file only – Sush Jun 09 '16 at 04:25

Video file not opening?(opencv 3.1.0 windows)

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