Convert an h264 byte string to OpenCV images

Question

In Python, how do I convert an h264 byte string to images OpenCV can read, only keeping the latest image?

Long version:

Hi everyone.

Working in Pytho

Answer 1

Use any of these:

ffmpeg -i - -pix_fmt bgr24 -f rawvideo -
ffmpeg -i pipe: -pix_fmt bgr24 -f rawvideo pipe:
ffmpeg -i pipe:0 -pix_fmt bgr24 -f rawvideo pipe:1

• You didn't provide much info about your input so you may need to add additional input options.

• You didn't specify your desired output format so I just chose rawvideo. You can see a list of supported output formats (muxers) with ffmpeg -muxers (or ffmpeg -formats if your ffmpeg is outdated). Not all are suitable for piping, such as MP4.

• See FFmpeg Protocols: pipe.