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I have OpenCV and PyPylon successfully installed, but I can't seem to figure out how to get OpenCV to access the camera (Basler USB Pulse) as it would a regular camera (i.e. with cv2.VideoCapture(0)). Is there a simple way to do this?

Thank you!

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Hi cvfresh,

There is a complete project on this site with a long example of this:

https://imaginghub.com/projects/97-face-detection-on-raspberry-pi/documentation

the essence is though:

import pypylon.pylon as py
icam = py.InstantCamera(py.TlFactory.GetInstance().CreateFirstDevice())

icam.Open()
icam.PixelFormat = "RGB8"

img = icam.GrabOne(4000)

img = img.Array

now you should have a openCV compatible image which can be used (for example)

cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)

Ciao!

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rishabh-sharma 2018-03-07 11:58:41 UTC report abuse

I have a question..... I was trying to use pypylon on my pc. Do i need pylon with development option ??

mmueller 2018-03-07 15:23:15 UTC report abuse

Download and install pypylon on your system: https://github.com/StudentCV/PyPylon

FYI, I've created a github to make some various sample programs based on PyPylon:
https://github.com/MattsProjects/PyPylonSamples

If you end up learning some tips and tricks when using OpenCV and PyPylon and would like to share, let me know and I'm happy to add them into my PyPylonOpenCV sample :). Thanks!

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