Trouble Opening A Video Stream within OpenCV

that error means there was no backend that could handle that string (the URL).

it’s a cryptic error. the least preferred backend is CAP_IMAGES. it’s the last one tested, and its error message is emitted (none of the higher priority ones). since it too can’t handle that URL, that means no backend could.

please print(cv2.getBuildInformation()), post the at least the “Video I/O” section