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Reputation: 510

Why removing waitKey() in openCV doesn't work?

I'm starting out with OpenCV with Python 3 and I have the following snippet:

import cv2
video = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

while True:
    success, captured_frame = video.read()
    cv2.imshow('Video', captured_frame)
    pressed_key = cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF

    if pressed_key == ord('q'):
    break

video.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

If I remove the pressed_key variable along with its condition, the program runs but the Video window is blank and Windows attempts to force quit the program. Why is that?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 693

Answers (1)

Micka
Micka

Reputation: 20140

opencv performs window rendering during waitKey times, so you will need at least a waitKey(1) call to see some window content.

Upvotes: 3

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