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"))