OpenCV Error: (-215)size.width>0 && size.height>0 in function imshow

Question

I am trying to make a face tracker that combines Haar Cascade Classification with Lucas Kanade good feature detection. However, I keep getting an error that I cannot figure

Answer 1

This Error can also occur if you slice a negative point and pass it to the array. So check if you did

Answer 2

I use ssh to connect to remote server and have python code execute cv2.VideoCapture(0) to capture remote webcam, then encounter this error message:

error: (-215)size.width>0 && size.height>0 in function imshow

Finally, I have to grant access to /dev/video0 (which is my webcam device) with my user account and the error message was gone. Use usermod to add user into group video

usermod -a -G video user

Answer 3

I have the same problem, fix the ret in capture video

import numpy as np
import cv2

# Capture video from file
cap = cv2.VideoCapture('video1.avi')

while True:

    ret, frame = cap.read()

    if ret == True:

        gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

        cv2.imshow('frame',gray)


        if cv2.waitKey(30) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
            break

    else:
        break

cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Answer 4

I also met the error message in raspberry pi 3, but my solution is reload kernel of camera after search on google, hope it can help you.

sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2

BTW, for this error please check your camera and file path is workable or not