Capture Video and Save it using OpenCV Python
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'XVID') # specify the codec
out=cv2.VideoWriter('output.avi',fourcc,20.0,(640,480))
while True:
ret, frame = cap.read()
cv2.imshow("frame", frame)
out.write(frame)
# exit video capture
if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord("q"):
break
cap.release()
out.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
References
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvf5y21ZqtQ
https://github.com/mhdr/OpenCV/tree/master/002