Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Welcome to the OpenCV Basics series. In this series, we'll be going through all the basics of OpenCV from the ground up. In this first video you'll learn how to get up and running with OpenCV.

In this video you'll learn how to:
1. Load and render Videos inside of Python with OpenCV using cv2.VideoCapture
2. Transform and access video properties using cap.get and cv2.CAP_PROP
3. Export video transformations using cv2.VideoWriter

Get the code: github.com/nicknochnack/OpenCV-Basics

Links
Documentation: docs.opencv.org/4.5.4
Python Tutorials: docs.opencv.org/4.5.4/d6/d00/tutorial_py_root.html
Download Samples from here: opencv.org/releases

Chapters:
0:00 - Start
0:21 - Intro
0:54 - Explainer
2:59 - Whiteboard
7:02 - Import Dependencies
8:24 - Setting Up Video Capture
14:54 - Accessing Video Properties
20:38 - Rendering Videos
28:59 - Exporting Videos

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Happy coding!
Nick

P.s. Let me know how you go and drop a comment if you need a hand!