import numpy as np import cv2 cv2.namedWindow("tracking") camera = cv2.VideoCapture("E:/code/opencv/samples/data/768x576.avi") tracker = cv2.MultiTracker("MIL") bbox1 = (638.0,230.0,56.0,101.0) bbox2 = (240.0,210.0,60.0,104.0) bbox3 = (486.0,149.0,54.0,83.0) init_once = False while camera.isOpened(): ok, image=camera.read() if not ok: print 'no image read' break if not init_once: # add a list of boxes: ok = tracker.add(image, (bbox1,bbox2)) # or add single box: ok = tracker.add(image, bbox3) init_once = True ok, boxes = tracker.update(image) print ok, boxes for newbox in boxes: p1 = (int(newbox[0]), int(newbox[1])) p2 = (int(newbox[0] + newbox[2]), int(newbox[1] + newbox[3])) cv2.rectangle(image, p1, p2, (200,0,0)) cv2.imshow("tracking", image) k = cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xff if k == 27 : break # esc pressed