main.cpp

#include <opencv/cv.h>
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include <iostream>

using namespace cv;
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
	VideoCapture cap(0);// open the video file for reading
	//cap.open("C:/Users/ctisje1/SampleVideo.avi");
	//if (!cap.isOpened())  // if not success, exit program
	//{
	//	cout << "Cannot open the video file" << endl;
	//	return -1;
	//}

	//cap.set(CV_CAP_PROP_POS_MSEC, 300); //start the video at 300ms

	//double fps = cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FPS); //get the frames per seconds of the video
	double fps = 5; //override fps to what brett wants
	cout << "Frame per seconds : " << fps << endl;

	namedWindow("MyVideo", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE); //create a window called "MyVideo"
		double dWidth = cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH); //get the width of frames of the video
		double dHeight = cap.get(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT); //get the height of frames of the video

		cout << "Frame Size = " << dWidth << "x" << dHeight << endl;
		Size frameSize(static_cast<int>(dWidth), static_cast<int>(dHeight));

		VideoWriter oVideoWriter("C:/Users/ctisje1/MyVideo.avi", CV_FOURCC('W', 'M', 'V', '2'), fps, frameSize, true); //initialize the VideoWriter object 

		if (!oVideoWriter.isOpened()) //if not initialize the VideoWriter successfully, exit the program
		{
			cout << "ERROR: Failed to write the video" << endl;
			return -1;
		}

		while (1)
		{

			Mat frame;
			cap.retrieve(frame);
			bool bSuccess = cap.read(frame); // read a new frame from video

			if (!bSuccess) //if not success, break loop
			{
				cout << "ERROR: Cannot read a frame from video file" << endl;
				break;
			}

			oVideoWriter.write(frame); //writer the frame into the file

			imshow("MyVideo", frame); //show the frame in "MyVideo" window

			if (waitKey(10) == 27) //wait for 'esc' key press for 30ms. If 'esc' key is pressed, break loop
			{
				cout << "esc key is pressed by user" << endl;
				break;
			}
		}




	

	return 0;

}