can't open camera by index

[richierh]

I got this error while running my code

[INFO   ] [Camera      ] Provider: opencv(['camera_picamera', 'camera_gi'] ignored)
[ WARN:0] global /tmp/pip-req-build-ms668fyv/opencv/modules/videoio/src/cap_v4l.cpp (893) open VIDEOIO(V4L2:/dev/video0): can't open camera by index
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 705, in _apply_rule
     setattr(widget_set, key, value)
   File "kivy/weakproxy.pyx", line 35, in kivy.weakproxy.WeakProxy.__setattr__
   File "kivy/properties.pyx", line 498, in kivy.properties.Property.__set__
   File "kivy/properties.pyx", line 840, in kivy.properties.ListProperty.set
   File "kivy/properties.pyx", line 545, in kivy.properties.Property.set
   File "kivy/properties.pyx", line 600, in kivy.properties.Property.dispatch
   File "kivy/_event.pyx", line 1248, in kivy._event.EventObservers.dispatch
   File "kivy/_event.pyx", line 1154, in kivy._event.EventObservers._dispatch
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy_garden/xcamera/xcamera.py", line 85, in _on_index
     self._on_index_dispatch(*largs)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy_garden/xcamera/xcamera.py", line 88, in _on_index_dispatch
     super()._on_index(*largs)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/uix/camera.py", line 103, in _on_index
     self._camera = CoreCamera(index=self.index,
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/core/camera/camera_opencv.py", line 70, in __init__
     super(CameraOpenCV, self).__init__(**kwargs)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/core/camera/__init__.py", line 70, in __init__
     self.init_camera()
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/core/camera/camera_opencv.py", line 120, in init_camera
     self._resolution = (int(frame.shape[1]), int(frame.shape[0]))
 AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'shape'
 
 During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
 
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "main.py", line 48, in <module>
     DemoApp().run()
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/app.py", line 949, in run
     self._run_prepare()
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/app.py", line 918, in _run_prepare
     self.load_kv(filename=self.kv_file)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/app.py", line 691, in load_kv
     root = Builder.load_file(rfilename)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 306, in load_file
     return self.load_string(data, **kwargs)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 408, in load_string
     self._apply_rule(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 663, in _apply_rule
     self._apply_rule(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 663, in _apply_rule
     self._apply_rule(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 663, in _apply_rule
     self._apply_rule(
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   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 661, in _apply_rule
     child.apply_class_lang_rules(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/uix/widget.py", line 463, in apply_class_lang_rules
     Builder.apply(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 541, in apply
     self._apply_rule(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 663, in _apply_rule
     self._apply_rule(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 661, in _apply_rule
     child.apply_class_lang_rules(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/uix/widget.py", line 463, in apply_class_lang_rules
     Builder.apply(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 541, in apply
     self._apply_rule(
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 710, in _apply_rule
     raise BuilderException(rule.ctx, rule.line,
 kivy.lang.builder.BuilderException: Parser: File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy_garden/xcamera/xcamera.kv", line 27:
 ...
      25:
      26:    id: camera
 >>   27:    resolution: 640, 480 # 1920, 1080
      28:    allow_stretch: True
      29:
 ...
 AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'shape'
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 705, in _apply_rule
     setattr(widget_set, key, value)
   File "kivy/weakproxy.pyx", line 35, in kivy.weakproxy.WeakProxy.__setattr__
   File "kivy/properties.pyx", line 498, in kivy.properties.Property.__set__
   File "kivy/properties.pyx", line 840, in kivy.properties.ListProperty.set
   File "kivy/properties.pyx", line 545, in kivy.properties.Property.set
   File "kivy/properties.pyx", line 600, in kivy.properties.Property.dispatch
   File "kivy/_event.pyx", line 1248, in kivy._event.EventObservers.dispatch
   File "kivy/_event.pyx", line 1154, in kivy._event.EventObservers._dispatch
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy_garden/xcamera/xcamera.py", line 85, in _on_index
     self._on_index_dispatch(*largs)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy_garden/xcamera/xcamera.py", line 88, in _on_index_dispatch
     super()._on_index(*largs)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/uix/camera.py", line 103, in _on_index
     self._camera = CoreCamera(index=self.index,
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/core/camera/camera_opencv.py", line 70, in __init__
     super(CameraOpenCV, self).__init__(**kwargs)
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/core/camera/__init__.py", line 70, in __init__
     self.init_camera()
   File "/home/cireng/.virtualenvs/kivypos/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kivy/core/camera/camera_opencv.py", line 120, in init_camera
     self._resolution = (int(frame.shape[1]), int(frame.shape[0]))
 

[RafalGlombiowski]

I have the same error. I work on Linux Mint 19.3 and python 3.6.9.

[garantor]

ran into same issue today

[garantor]

installing kivy 2.1.0.dev0 from github fixes this issues for me, thanks

[HernanOsorio]

how can I access 'index' of xcamera in zbarcam.py from main.py and change the value?

[wanaxe]

how can I access 'index' of xcamera in zbarcam.py from main.py and change the value?

I have to drop the zbarcam package and copy the source code into my app folder. Then modify the xcamera property part (within zbarcam.py) from

@property
def xcamera(self):
    return self.ids['xcamera']

to

@property
def xcamera(self):
    xcamera = self.ids['xcamera']
    xcamera.index = 1
    # xcamera.resolution = (640, 480)
    return xcamera

If index = 1 doesn't work, you may try other values. In my case (3 cameras), 1 is not woking, but 0 & 2 & 4 working.

This is just a workaround to get my app working. There must be a better way.

[AndreMiras]

You can probably monkey patch it without rewriting the entire thing

[wanaxe]

Yeah, money patch is the way. Thank you so much!

Do you have any idea how those camera indices are assigned? I have to try-and error to figure it out.

[AndreMiras]

Great for the monkey patch.
Good question for the indices, I haven't looked into it.
But we may want to make that index parameter available as a property for easy overriding.
If anyone is interested for testing that and making a PR

[wanaxe]

Adding index as property, is the best way. I did tests and all good. Will make a PR later.