ImportError: DLL load failed while importing ie_api:

Question

from openvino.inference_engine import IECore()

If IECore() is imported for inferrence through openvino , the above error occurs.

I tried various environment variables and various things, but it didn't work. The imported environment is a virtual environment, but site-package was located in:

C:/USERS/USER/AppData/Roaming/Python/Python38/site-packages/openvino.

How can we solve this case?

Answer 1

You problably need to call the setupvars.bat script to initialize OpenVINO. Depending on the OV version it can be found directly in the openvino directory or in openvino/bin .

Answer 2

The error is due to the OpenVINO environment is not configured. Open the Command Prompt, and run the setupvars.bat batch file to temporarily set your environment variables before compiling and running OpenVINO applications.

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