ValueError Not enough values to unpack

Question

System information (version)

• OpenCV => :Latest version
• Operating System / Platform => : Windows 10 64 Bit
• Compiler => : Jupyter Notebook (Anaconda)

Detailed description

ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 3, got 2)
When trying to run the code below (Motion Detector using Python)

Program

import cv2
import time

first_frame = None
# Create a VideoCApture object to record video using web Cam
video  = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

while True:
    check, frame = video.read()
    
    # Convert the frame to gray scale
    gray= cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    
    # Convert the gray scale image to GaussianBlur
    gray = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (21,21),0)
    
    # To store first image/frame of video
    if first_frame is None:
        first_frame = gray
        continue
        
    # Calculate the difference between the first frame and other frames
    delta_frame = cv2.absdiff(first_frame, gray)
    
    # Provides a threshold value, such that it will convert 
    # the difference value with less than 30 to black.
    # If the difference is greater than 30 it will convert 
    # those pixels to white
    thresh_delta = cv2.threshold(delta_frame, 30,255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)[1]
    thresh_delta = cv2.dilate(thresh_delta , None , iterations = 0)
    
    # Define the contour area.
    # Basically, add the borders.
    (_,cnts,_)= cv2.findContours(thresh_delta.copy(), cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
    
    # Remove noises and shadows. Basically it will keep only that 
    # part white, which has area greater than 1000 pixels.
    
    for contour in cnts:
        if cv2.contourArea(contour) <1000:
            continue
        
        # Creates a rectangular box around the object in the frame
        (x,y,w,h) = cv2.boundingRect(contour)
        cv2.rectangle(frame, (x, y), (x+w, y+h), (0, 255, 0), 3)
        
    cv2.imshow('frame', frame)
    cv2.imshow('capturing', gray)
    cv2.imshow('delta',delta_frame)
    cv2.imshow('thresh', thresh_delta)
    
    key = cv2.waitKey(1)
    if key == ord('q'):
        break
video.release()
cv2.destoyAllWindows

Error Screenshot:

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Comments

Thanks ,it works

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I Have the same problem

(new, cnts, _) = cv2.findContours(edged.copy(), cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 3, got 2)

pls reply what should I do now

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I encounter this problem also can you help me to find out what should i do? 

Answer 1

Make the following changes in your script, it will work:

(cnts, _) = cv2.findContours(thresh_delta.copy(), cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

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Comments

Thanks, it works for now.

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Thanks it work for me..

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Thank you!

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Thank you so much, it worked!! :)

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It isn't working, giving the same error.

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Can you share your screenshot once again? It is not visible properly.

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It actually worked for me too. Thanks

Answer 2

Instead of this,

(_,cnts,_)= cv2.findContours(thresh_delta.copy(), cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

try the below

contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh_delta.copy(), cv2.RETR_TREE, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)