# Pipe Camera Render to OpenCV?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pipe-camera-render-to-opencv/353384>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** opencv, unreal-engine, Rendering, UE4, CPP, question\
**Created:** [April 8, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pipe-camera-render-to-opencv/353384 "2016-04-08T03:20:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![calembendell](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@calembendell](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/calembendell)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pipe-camera-render-to-opencv/353384/1 "2016-04-08T03:20:40Z")

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I have OpenCV in my Unreal project and know how to read data like a webcam’s, but does anybody know how to render the camera to a `cv::Mat` or otherwise analyse the camera’s render with OpenCV?

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_890dc646](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_890dc646](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_890dc646)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pipe-camera-render-to-opencv/353384/2 "2017-08-22T06:21:00Z")

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have you resoluved this? would you share your experience?

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_e5f624c2](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_e5f624c2](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_e5f624c2)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pipe-camera-render-to-opencv/353384/3 "2018-01-19T16:20:35Z")

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I’m also with the same problem.

Some of you was able to solve it?

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**Author:** ![calembendell](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@calembendell](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/calembendell)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pipe-camera-render-to-opencv/353384/4 "2018-03-01T18:55:35Z")

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I never did solve this issue. Maybe I’ll try later this month.