How webcam can be accessed from local PC to remote server in order to do remote development? My remote server configuration is
- Ubuntu 16.04
- OpenCV 4
- Python 3.6
I'm using PyCharm 2019.1.3 in my local PC to use as remote development. All the other configurations, code (debugging) etc. is working fine, just camera is not accessing.
- All the files (code and data) are on my remote server
- The development (adding/editing files) will happen at the remote server
- The code will execute on remote server from local PC
I searched on internet and some related questions but it's for Docker Access webcam using OpenCV (Python) in Docker? and another https://answers.opencv.org/question/199105/videoio-error-v4l-cant-open-camera-by-index-0/
But didn't solve my problem.
if video_file is not None:
video = cv2.VideoCapture(video_file)
assert video.isOpened()
else:
if disable_vidgear:
video = cv2.VideoCapture(camera_id)
assert video.isOpened()
else:
video = CamGear(camera_id).start()
I'm passing video_file (file name and path) and camera_id (which is 0) in arguments. It works fine if code is in local PC.
When I run the code on server, I got this error "VIDEOIO ERROR: V4L: can't open camera by index 0". I tried with different index (-1, 0, 1, 2 etc) and same error.
I hope to get some valuable suggestions from experts.
