It's difficult to obtain audio/video data in Python. You just want a numpy array but how do you get this? This post presents a number of Python classes to address this issue.
Easy Audio/Video Capture with Python
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Capturing Live Audio and Video in Python
In my robotics projects I want to capture live audio and video data in Python. To save you several days, this blog post explains how I go about doing this.
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