Playing a video file in opencv c++

Question

I'm trying to play a video file using the following code.

When run it only shows a black screen with the window name (Video), can anyone help me fix it.

#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <opencv2\core\core.hpp>
#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"
using namespace cv;

int main( int argc, char** argv ) 
{
  CvCapture* capture = cvCreateFileCapture( "1.avi" );
  Mat frame= cvQueryFrame(capture);

  imshow("Video", frame);
  waitKey();
  cvReleaseCapture(&capture);
}

Answer 1

Actually the code you posted won't even compile.

Just have a look at OpenCV documentation: Reading and Writing images and video

#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"

using namespace cv;

int main(int, char**)
{
VideoCapture cap(0); // open the default camera
//Video Capture cap(path_to_video); // open the video file
if(!cap.isOpened())  // check if we succeeded
    return -1;

namedWindow("Video",1);
for(;;)
{
    Mat frame;
    cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera        
    imshow("Video", frame);
    if(waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
// the camera will be deinitialized automatically in VideoCapture destructor
return 0;
}