I want to get the live stream from youtube, and for that, I have used opencv along with the package vidgear. But while running the code, I am getting the following error. I am sure that there is no problem with the URL. I have tried with pafy and streamlink. Even though both have given the result but after few frames, it was getting stuck and I want sequential frames without any pause.

[adithya6aj]

import cv2
from vidgear.gears import CamGear
stream = CamGear(source="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIk_6OuYkSo", y_tube =True, time_delay=1, logging=True).start() # YouTube Video URL as input

while True:

frame = stream.read()
if frame is None:
    break

cv2.imshow("Output Frame", frame)


key = cv2.waitKey(30) 

if key == ord("q"):

    break

cv2.destroyAllWindows()
stream.stop()

'NoneType' object has no attribute 'extension'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\CamfyVision\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\vidgear\gears\camgear.py", line 120, in init
print('Extension: {}'.format(_source.extension))
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'extension'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "DronrStream.py", line 4, in
stream = CamGear(source="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIk_6OuYkSo", y_tube =True, time_delay=1, logging=True).start() # YouTube Video URL as input
File "C:\Users\CamfyVision\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\vidgear\gears\camgear.py", line 125, in init
raise ValueError('YouTube Mode is enabled and the input YouTube Url is invalid!')

[abhiTronix]

@adithya6aj This issue is already been Solved in commit 03ec554 . Kindly see issue #16 and its solution is in my comment.

[abhiTronix]

Closed. Feel free to reopen if something related doesn't work for you.

[abhiTronix]

@adithya6aj I think #274 resolves this issue too.

Clone and Install development branch:

  # clone the repository and get inside
  git clone https://github.com/abhiTronix/vidgear.git && cd vidgear

  # checkout the latest development branch
  git checkout development

  # install normally
  pip install .[core]

  # OR install with asyncio support
  pip install .[asyncio]

Test your code:

# import required libraries
from vidgear.gears import CamGear
import cv2

options = {"STREAM_RESOLUTION": "720p"}

# Add YouTube Video URL as input source (for e.g https://youtu.be/bvetuLwJIkA)
# and enable Stream Mode (`stream_mode = True`)
stream = CamGear(
    source="https://youtu.be/j1GLs_fMn1s", stream_mode=True, logging=True, **options
).start()

# loop over
while True:

    # read frames from stream
    frame = stream.read()

    # check for frame if Nonetype
    if frame is None:
        break

    # {do something with the frame here}

    # Show output window
    cv2.imshow("Output", frame)

    # check for 'q' key if pressed
    key = cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF
    if key == ord("q"):
        break

# close output window
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

# safely close video stream
stream.stop()