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VideoCaptureFromFile Method

Opens a video file or a capturing device or an IP video stream for video capturing with API Preference

Namespace:  OpenCvSharp
Assembly:  OpenCvSharp (in OpenCvSharp.dll) Version: 1.0.0
Syntax
public static VideoCapture FromFile(
	string fileName,
	VideoCaptureAPIs apiPreference = VideoCaptureAPIs.ANY
)

Parameters

fileName
Type: SystemString
it can be: - name of video file (eg. `video.avi`) - or image sequence (eg. `img_%02d.jpg`, which will read samples like `img_00.jpg, img_01.jpg, img_02.jpg, ...`) - or URL of video stream (eg. `protocol://host:port/script_name?script_params|auth`). Note that each video stream or IP camera feed has its own URL scheme. Please refer to the documentation of source stream to know the right URL.
apiPreference (Optional)
Type: OpenCvSharpVideoCaptureAPIs
apiPreference preferred Capture API backends to use. Can be used to enforce a specific reader implementation if multiple are available: e.g. cv::CAP_FFMPEG or cv::CAP_IMAGES or cv::CAP_DSHOW.

Return Value

Type: VideoCapture

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