Setting Camera Parameters | Computer Vision | Python

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Source code

GitHub - mushfiq1998/opencv-app

import cv2

cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

print(cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH))
print(cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT))

# Set property using set() method
cap.set(3, 6000)
cap.set(4, 6000)
print('New width and height of frame after setting')
print(cap.get(3))
print(cap.get(4))

while(cap.isOpened()):
    ret, frame = cap.read()
    if ret == True:

        # Convert colored (BGR) image into gray scale image
        gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
        cv2.imshow('Frame', gray)

        k = cv2.waitKey(1)
        if k == ord('q'):
            break
    else:
        break

cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Webcam senario

Output in terminal