How to use opencv screen recording output for movement detection in python?

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As a security guard we have to look an eye on a 60 inches TV which provides 20 camera output on it. So its really hard to watch the pot always. I decide to develope a programm to rectanglar the movement object in screen and make some beeps. My first step is to capture the screen frames. With below code its possible.

import numpy as np
import cv2
from mss import mss
from PIL import Image

bounding_box = {'top': 100, 'left': 0, 'width': 400, 'height': 300}

sct = mss()

while True:
    sct_img = sct.grab(bounding_box)
    cv2.imshow('screen', np.array(sct_img))

    if (cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF) == ord('q'):
        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
        break

As i understand we can use opencv to do some magic. There are some nice tutorial on net like this one. My problem is they got frames or stream from cams or ofline video files but here i have screen recording. Can you guys help me how to forward these frames into motion detection algorithm? Thanks

that blog post is using an API I've never seen. it's probably VERY outdated. — Christoph Rackwitz
– Christoph Rackwitz, Commented Jan 21, 2022 at 10:46
@ChristophRackwitz Yeah, looks like the last version of OpenCV that API was in is 2.2 , released in 2010. The github repo of that "nice tutorial" is from 2012 and was barely touched since. — Dan Mašek
– Dan Mašek, Commented Jan 21, 2022 at 13:21

J.D. · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-21 09:58:23Z

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The process is the same, you have to modify the image source.
In the example you linked - in the 'The smart way' code - replace

cv.QueryFrame(self.capture)
with
sct.grab(bounding_box)

to use the screengrab as image source

answered Jan 21, 2022 at 9:58

J.D.

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Reza Tanzifi Over a year ago

Thanks but as I understand it just get one image from screen.

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