OpenCV 2.4 VideoCapture gets no input from webcam when launched standalone - opencv

I am using OpenCV 2.4 in my project to process the images from webcam. Everything works fine in Visual Studio 2010 (both release and debug builds), but when I try to launch exes directly from explorer, the app does not the get input. The camera is started however - it's control LED is on.
Does someone know how to make it work standalone?
I have found something relevant here:
http://rafaelbarreto.com/2011/06/05/opencv-2-2-webcam-windows-not-working/
and here:
Can't access webcam with OpenCV
I tried to follow the steps, building OpenCV 2.4 with these prepocessor definitions, but it did not solve my problem.
Thanks

Solved. The problem was, that Visual Studio linked shader sources from somewhere else than during the exectution through IDE.
If the same happens to you, be sure to check it at least four times (I checked 3x).

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image watch in opencv debug

Dears,
I use visual code editor for opencv app development, I wonder if there is some extension similar to Image Watch for OpenCV available. it can be handy for development.
If you are using gdb for debugging, take a look at OpenImageDebugger
I am using this on Linux and it works pretty good.
If you can use CLion instead of Visual Studio Code you can utilize the OpenCV Image Viewer plugin, which displays matrices while debugging just on click.
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/14371-opencv-image-viewer
Disclaimer: I'm an author of this plugin

How to setup OpenNI 2.0 with OpenCV for a Kinect project?

I am working on my final year project. I need to work with Kinect to detect hand movements. I have tried a few ways and got some results, however, none was enough to meet the needs of the project. I saw this video long ago, and just got to know that they open sourced it recently. So I gave it a try.
My problem now is how to set things up.
The above awesome project uses OpenNI with Kinect. I tried to follow OpenCV tutorials to build it from source code, to let OpenCV work with OpenNI.
Problems:
It says "For the OpenNI Framework you need to install both the development build and the PrimeSensor Module." but as I followed the links some of them were dead. Seems like OpenNI 2.0 doesn't use PrimeSensor any longer.
It also says that in Cmake folders, one is OpenCV/Src, the other is /build. But the OpenCV I downloaded doesn't have anything as Src folder.
Still I used the whole folder as Src, and built it to a build folder and checked WITH OPENNI. I used the Include and Lib folder in OpenNI2 I downloaded, but when I built the OpenCV solution (already generated from CMake) all builds failed.
Also, while generating with Cmake, even if my future OpenCV solution had been successfully built (which wasn't the case), Cmake would have kept telling me how PrimeSense was not available, which made me feel so insecure. :(
I am a bit confused about 32- and 64-bit. The above project I want to follow says it works on 64-bit. But I use MS C++ Express, all projects are 32-bit. So which PrimeSense drivers (given in OpenNI2) should I use?
Could anyone please tell me how to set all these things (OpenNI2.0, OpenCV 2.4.3, PrimeSense) together so I can work with Kinect?
A while back I wrote two tutorials on 1) how to set up OpenNI 1.5 with NITE 2) How to compile OpenCV with OpenNI support.
These can be found here and here
I know this is not what you asked for, but the process of compiling OpenCV with OpenNI 2.0 should be similar and might help you understand where you are going wrong.
I will try to write a newer tutorial, however since I currently do not have access to a sensor, I might not be able to test if it works out in the end.
EDIT:
I have written some code to access Kinect data streams in OpenCV Mat format using OpenNI 2.x. The code github repo can be found here. Detailed guidance on how to set everything up can be found here.
OpenNI 2.x is much advanced than the previous versions. You don't need to install primesense sensorkinect driver. You can use OpenNI 2.x along with the Microsoft Kinect SDK 1.x.
Install both 64 and 32-bit OpenNI 2.x if you have Windows 7 x64 otherwise only 32-bit. Configure it with Visual Studio 2010 or 12. You can follow this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACqPsV0R4to
Then configure OpenCV for visual Studio 2010 or 12. You can follow this link:
http://4someonehelp.blogspot.in/2013/04/install-opencv-245-using-visual-studio.html
Thanks

Can OpenCV libraries be called from a C++/CX app?

Is it technically possible (I don't think this would be restricted), and how do you go about it?
I got my little test app building fine, but when I run it I get a failure dialog.
The debug output is slightly more informative:
The thread 0xe4c has exited with code -1073741515 (0xc0000135).
The program '[3400] OpenCVTest2.exe' has exited with code -1073741515 (0xc0000135) 'A dependent dll was not found'.
Then I created a Win8 Desktop app, which also built fine but failed to run.
MSVP100D.dll is part of the VC++ 2010 Redistributable which is not compatible with Win8. (Being a hacker I tried it anyway, the installer runs to completion - but the bits aren't installed.)
Is there a compiler flag I can try? Possibly a custom build of OpenCV would fix it, but that would be a last resort, and it might only fix the desktop app.
This guy shows an example of using OpenCV library for performing face detection in a Windows 8 Store app written using C++/CX:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/DEV322
Also, at the below post he also describes how the C++ Runtime works for Windows 8Store apps:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/09/28/10354327.aspx
MSVP100D is not a part of VC10 redist. Note the "D" at the end of its name. That package only includes release builds. Your release builds should work fine. But mixing libraries from different VC versions might get you in trouble. See this. Your best chance is to build from source with VC11.

OpenCV does not open videos on other computers

I have the x64 project that works perfectly fine on my Windows 7 machine whether I run deployed version or in the Visual Studio 10. Now, I got a hand on 4 other machines with x64 Windows 7 platforms and tried to install on them, however those ones work fine except the bit of code which has to capture video always fail to load.
That bit is a typical openCV video capture bit:
cap = VideoCapture(file);
if (!cap.isOpened ())
{
cerr << "I have failed!" << endl;
return 0;
}
The file variable is generated when user chooses the file to load using file dialog it works perfectly fine on all machines if the file is, for instance, a picture, therefore that's not the reason.
Maybe the produced installer does not contain the necessary library or something like that. I really have no idea.
Cheers,
Vilius
Ok, As I suspected some libraries were missing in the installer package, I managed to load video files once I copied compiled OpenCV to another computer and added the path to find it.
Since many people had problems loading videos when ffmpeg was not configured, I added this library manually to the deployed software and it fixed the problem. Therefore, the problem was that Visual Studio was not adding opencv_ffmpeg241_64.dll library to the installer.
Cheers,
Vilius
If the installer packed everything correctly, you still have to take care of the codecs yourself.
Try to install a codec pack (K-Lite Codec Pack or something else) on those machines.
On the other machines, have you configured OpenCV with the ffmpeg option while installing it? Check the Cmake configuration list and print it out here if possible.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to check if you have the respective camera drivers installed correctly for those computers if you are capturing frames directly instead of from a file.

OpenNI + OpenCV don't work with CV_CAP_OPENNI C++

I'm trying to use OpenCV with Kinect on Windows 7 x64, so I installed OpenNI, NITE and PrimeSense (by avin2).
I used CMake to compile the OpenCV 2.3.1, everything is correct with CMake Flags I checked, but I tried to use a simple code and it never found the Kinect.
All the samples of OpenNI and PrimeSense work fine.
I already installed x86 and x64 drivers and it still doesn't work!
I'm using VideoCapture, and isOpened, always returns 0.
Anyone know the solution?
I did that under linux ubuntu 12.04 last week end and that work fine.
Try to re-install componant by componant, and recompile your openCV.
I did that last week end.
But I agree there is things wich are not clear about how deal with that.
I replaced the kinect by an assus xtion and right now that don't work... but this an other topic.
About PrimeSense hardware, as I khnow kinect is made by PrimeSense... moreover PrimeSense is a member of the OpenNI project which is use in background of the libraries P.C.L. , openCV, and on the ros's openni_camera stack...
I have installed the opencv kinect on windows 7-64its (Professional) and works fine.
1.Drivers to kinect: here
Note
When you to install the dirvers make sure that the "Windows update" will not install aditional
drivers.
Tip: Disconnect the internet when you install it. ;)
Check in the "Device Manager" and search for PrimeSense.
Something like this:
PrimeSense
|- Kinect Audio
|- Kinect Camera
|- Kinect Motor
Check if it's working. Run a OpenNI sample.
2.OpenCV
Download it:
...://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-win/2.3.1/OpenCV-2.3.1-win-superpack.exe/download
Configure the opencv on cmake. Remeber check to on the "OpenNI" option.
Maybe you'll get an erro like "warning: PrimeSense..." this happen because the OpenCVFindOpenNI.cmake is outdated.
You have to do some changes.
Go to here and download the changes:
Click here and download it (at bottom of page: "Download in other formats: Original Format").
You have to do the changes in the original file "OpenCVFindOpenNI.cmake".
It's in the root folder "OpenCV-2.3.1\"
The line that has "-" you delete and the line tha has "+" you replace/add.
Configure and compile the openCV.
After this it'll works fine, at least it should... :)
Sure.. You have to compile... ;)
I my case - Visual Studio C++ 9(2008) - (I compiled in the Release mode only)
You have to set the "bin" in the patch of system after compile..
Run a sample:
"OpenCV-2.3.1\samples\cpp\kinect_maps.cpp" and enjoy.
kinect for windows perhaps is not supported by Primesenser hardware drivers or even by avin2

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