Exception when loading rtsp stream with OpenCV and Python

Question

When I try to load an rtsp stream using

cap = cv2.VideoCapture('rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov')

I get the following exception

VIDEOIO(cvCreateFileCapture_AVFoundation (filename)): raised unknown C++ exception!

Any idea how to resolve this?

Biranchi · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-16 03:50:11Z

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I have solved by installing opencv with ffmpeg.

brew install opencv --with-ffmpeg -v

answered Apr 16, 2017 at 2:23

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