Error while trying to save webcam picture with OpenCV

Question

import cv

capture = cv.CaptureFromCAM(0)
img = cv.QueryFrame(capture)
cv.SaveImage(\"test.JPG\", img)

Hi, I just want to save a picture from my we

Answer 1

Save yourself a trip to the emergency room and use SimpleCV. It's a Pythonic wrapper for OpenCV's Python bindings and a few more tools (it uses Numpy, Scipy and PIL):

from SimpleCV import *

camera = Camera()
image = camera.getImage()

image.save('test.JPG')