readVid: Load video file in memory
In swarm-lab/videoplayR: Functions to process video and image files with R

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This function reads a video file and return a vpVideo object that can be manipulated using the videoplayR image and video manipulation toolbox. This function should support most video formats and codecs listed at http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php.

1	readVid(filename)

filename

A character string of the path to the video file.

The vpVideo object created by the readVid function is not a persistent object, but a pointer to a C++ object that cannot be saved for reuse in a different session.

This function returns a vpVideo object.

readImg, readStream, getFrame, vpVideo

filename <- system.file("sample_vid/SampleVideo_1080x720_5mb.mp4", package = "videoplayR")
vid <- readVid(filename)
frame <- getFrame(vid, 1)
imshow(frame)