zsh:abort when trying to run webcam using opencv on visual studio code on mac

Question

I was getting an error like this, I solved it so, I thought I could help as I could not find much in web as to how to solve.

So, Visual studio cannot access your webcam on mac due to permission therefore opencv.VideoCapture(0) does not work

Answer 1

So, if u try to run opencv (if it is intalled properly in the correct directory) on VScode, displaying images will work, lpaying video will work but the webcam won't work because of permissions assigned to VSCode.

To solve this first enable 'code' in Visual Studio code. You can find how to do this online.

Now go to terminal and type - sudo code (NOW IT WILL WORK {HOORAY!!!})