EmguCV cvextern System.DllNotFoundException

Question

I am trying to run the example of LicensePlateRecognition in EmguCV 3.1. But I always get the error System.DllNotFoundException and the message is that \"cvextern.dll cannot

Answer 1

Another issue I encountered (with the same symptom as cvextern not loading) running on Windows Server (in Azure Cloud) was a dependency on Windows Media Foundation. For what it's worth, this is not installed by default on Windows Server 2012. There are a couple remedies:

1. Add the feature as described in this question about MF support on 2012
2. Use Server 2016 (Family 5) (where MF is already installed)