capture_save.py

import cv2 

key = cv2. waitKey(1)
webcam = cv2.VideoCapture('rtsp://admin:artpark123@192.168.0.219/1') #replace 0 with the IP URL of the streaming camera
while True:
    try:
        check, frame = webcam.read()
        print(check) #prints true as long as the webcam is running
        print(frame) #prints matrix values of each framecd 
        cv2.imshow("Capturing", frame)
        key = cv2.waitKey(1)
        if key == ord('s'): 
            cv2.imwrite(filename='saved_img.jpg', img=frame)
            webcam.release()
            img_new = cv2.imread('saved_img.jpg', cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
            img_new = cv2.imshow("Captured Image", img_new)
            cv2.waitKey(1650)
            cv2.destroyAllWindows()
           
        
            break
        elif key == ord('q'):
            print("Turning off camera.")
            webcam.release()
            print("Camera off.")
            print("Program ended.")
            cv2.destroyAllWindows()
            break
        
    except(KeyboardInterrupt):
        print("Turning off camera.")
        webcam.release()
        print("Camera off.")
        print("Program ended.")
        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
        break