Kinect RGB data using PyKinect directly, without pygame, to be processed using OpenCV

Question

I'm using pygame with Kinect sensor v1 (ofcourse in python). Are there any methods to use data from the sensor directly for processing using opencv? (without pygame)

I tried using frame.image.bits, but it gives me a 1d array. Is there any way I can get the frame from sensor as a frame image, so that I can use opencv to process on it?

Answer 1

from pykinect import nui
import numpy
import cv2

def video_handler_function(frame):

    video = numpy.empty((480,640,4),numpy.uint8)
    frame.image.copy_bits(video.ctypes.data)

    cv2.imshow('KINECT Video Stream', video)


#------------------------------------main------------------------------------
kinect = nui.Runtime()
kinect.video_frame_ready += video_handler_function
kinect.video_stream.open(nui.ImageStreamType.Video, 2,nui.ImageResolution.Resolution640x480,nui.ImageType.Color)

cv2.namedWindow('KINECT Video Stream', cv2.WINDOW_AUTOSIZE)

while True:

    key = cv2.waitKey(1)
    if key == 27: break

kinect.close()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
#------------------------------------main------------------------------------