Video capture with adjustable exposure time and whiteness correction

video_capture.py

"""Lightweight module for video capture: imageio that can talk to ffmpeg

"""
from pylab import plt
import imageio
import os

# list devices
os.system('ffmpeg -f dshow -list_devices true -i ""')
# adjust video properties
device_name = "Integrated Camera"
os.system('ffmpeg -f dshow -show_video_device_dialog true -i video="{device_name}"'.format(device_name=device_name))
# capture from video device
stream = imageio.get_reader('<video0>', 'ffmpeg')
plt.imshow(stream.get_next_data())
stream.close()