From 6893900a878d4e3ab0d209b2613283f710c5cbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FeliciaWen <wmyfelix@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:41:19 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add sleep delay

---
 howdy/src/recorders/video_capture.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/howdy/src/recorders/video_capture.py b/howdy/src/recorders/video_capture.py
index 07c4320..6e0d1a2 100755
--- a/howdy/src/recorders/video_capture.py
+++ b/howdy/src/recorders/video_capture.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # Import required modules
 import configparser
+from time import sleep
 import cv2
 import os
 import sys
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ def read_frame(self):
 		ret, frame = self.internal.read()
 		i = 0
 		while not ret and i<=4:
+			sleep(i*.5)
 			ret, frame = self.internal.read()
 			if i == 4:
 				print(_("Failed to read camera specified in the 'device_path' config option, aborting"))