OpenCV + python — grab frames from a video file

Question

I can\'t seem to capture frames from a file using OpenCV -- I\'ve compiled from source on Ubuntu with all the necessary prereqs according to: http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wik

Answer 1

You don't have the gstreamer-ffmpeg or gsteamer-python or gsteamer-python-devel packages installed. I installed all three of them. and the exact same problem was resolved.