OpenCV: not authorized to capture video (status 0), requesting

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A little background -
I am using MacBook Pro 2021 model. I am working with an project using OpenCv.
I am using miniforge conda environment for installing my packages. I usually work on spyder IDE.

Issue with VideoCapture(0)-
Initially, when I installed opencv-contrib-python package I was able to work well with VideoCapture() function within spyderIDE, But now It shows the error - OpenCV: not authorized to capture video (status 0), requesting…

What Might be the possible problem. Can anyone help me

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I’d say python isn’t authorized to capture video, and you should authorize it. that involves some settings in MacOS.

old issue: opencv 4.1.2 java Mac OpenCV: not authorized to capture video (status 0), requesting... · Issue #16255 · opencv/opencv · GitHub

other issue: OpenCV: not authorized to capture video (status 0), requesting... OpenCV: camera failed to properly initialize! Error · Issue #16706 · opencv/opencv · GitHub

macOS is complicated. people on stack overflow aren’t sure what exactly needs to be done: OpenCV command line app can't access camera under macOS Mojave - Stack Overflow

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE

  • I tried all the above possibilities, but still I couldn’t cope with the issue. I guess it is because of some security issues in mac.
  • But another catch is that, the program was initially running on spyder without any problem, but now only it is showing some problem like this.
  • The only thing I updated was conda I guess