OpenCV 2.0 C++ API using imshow: returns unhandled exception and “bad-flag”

Question

I\'m trying to use the new OpenCV 2.0 API in MS Visual C++ 2008 and wrote this simple program:

cv::Mat img1 = cv::imread(\"image.jpg\",1);
cv::namedWindow(\"         


        

Answer 1

As I just commented, imread isn't working for me either. A little googling shows other people having the same problem; I guess it's a bug in the library code. For now, here's a hacky workaround:

IplImage* img = cvLoadImage("lena.jpg");
cv::Mat lena(img);
cvReleaseImage(&img);

This way, you can at least use the C++ API for the rest of your stuff.