OpenCV imwrite is not working

Question

I have a simple OpenCV application that takes a video stream from the webcam, and when the spacebar is pressed it captures the current image and freezes on that ima

Answer 1

A few suggestions.

1. try a different file format.
2. does your IDE defiantly know your target folder / home path directory?
3. Is your image definitely valid? does it show when you imshow()?