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16 changes: 6 additions & 10 deletions imutils/video/webcamvideostream.py
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from threading import Thread
import cv2

class WebcamVideoStream:
def __init__(self, src=0, name="WebcamVideoStream"):
class WebcamVideoStream(Thread):
def __init__(self, src=0, name="WebcamVideoStream", *args, **kwargs):
# initialize the video camera stream and read the first frame
# from the stream
self.stream = cv2.VideoCapture(src)
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# initialize the variable used to indicate if the thread should
# be stopped
self.stopped = False

super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.daemon = True

def start(self):
# start the thread to read frames from the video stream
t = Thread(target=self.update, name=self.name, args=())
t.daemon = True
t.start()
return self

def update(self):
def run(self):
# keep looping infinitely until the thread is stopped
while True:
# if the thread indicator variable is set, stop the thread
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