Python OpenCV access webcam maximum resolution

Question

I am trying to acquire images from my webcam using a python code that imports OpenCV. The code is the following:

import sys
sys.path.append(\"C:\\\\opencv\\         


        

Answer 1

I used the different resolutions to set image resolution from List of common resolutions by looping over

def set_res(cap, x,y):
    cap.set(cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, int(x))
    cap.set(cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, int(y))
    return str(cap.get(cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH)),str(cap.get(cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT))

It seems that OpenCV or my camera allows only certain resolutions.

• 160.0 x 120.0

• 176.0 x 144.0

• 320.0 x 240.0

• 352.0 x 288.0

• 640.0 x 480.0

• 1024.0 x 768.0

• 1280.0 x 1024.0