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video capture card (webcam like) with OpenCV


I want to use video capture card to capture my screen display, and process the image by OpenCV/C++.

I have heard that there's some video capture card which is webcam like.(i.e. I can get the screen display by VideoCapture in OpenCV.)

Can someone tell me which video capture card should I buy?

Thanks !!!


Solution

  • I do not know if there some way to achieve that directly using OpenCV. However, a simple workaround could be like this:

    1. Using this software you can create new webcam that stream your screen: https://sparkosoft.com/how-to-stream-desktop-as-webcam-video
    2. Using OpenCV you can start capture the stream using this code:

      cv::VideoCapture cap;
      if(!cap.open(0)) // Use the new webcam Id instead of 0
          return 0;
      while(true){
            cv::Mat frame;
            cap >> frame;
            if(frame.empty()) break;
            cv::imshow("Screen", frame);
            if( waitKey(10) == 27 ) break;
      }
      return 0;