Python opencv and multiprocessing

Question

I\'m looking to use the multiprocessing module for python to create one process that continually polls a webcam via opencv\'s python interface, sending any resulting images to a

Answer 1

It appears that the solution was to convert the opencv iplimage object to string, then pickle it before adding it to the queue:

import multiprocessing
import cv
import Image
import pickle
import time

queue_from_cam = multiprocessing.Queue()

def cam_loop(queue_from_cam):
    print 'initializing cam'
    cam = cv.CaptureFromCAM(-1)
    print 'querying frame'
    img = cv.QueryFrame(cam)
    print 'converting image'
    pimg = img.tostring()
    print 'pickling image'
    pimg2 = pickle.dumps(pimg,-1)
    print 'queueing image'
    queue_from_cam.put([pimg2,cv.GetSize(img)])
    print 'cam_loop done'


cam_process = multiprocessing.Process(target=cam_loop,args=(queue_from_cam,))
cam_process.start()

while queue_from_cam.empty():
    pass

print 'getting pickled image'
from_queue = queue_from_cam.get()
print 'unpickling image'
pimg = pickle.loads(from_queue[0])
print 'unconverting image'
cv_im = cv.CreateImageHeader(from_queue[1], cv.IPL_DEPTH_8U, 3)
cv.SetData(cv_im, pimg)
print 'saving image'
cv.SaveImage('temp.png',cv_im)
print 'image saved'