OpenCV

Supported image formats of cvLoadImage: 
BMP, DIB, JPEG, JPG, JPE, PNG, PBM, PGM, PPM, SR, RAS, TIFF, TIF

install in ubuntu
http://dircweb.king.ac.uk/reason/opencv_cvs.php#Hardy

Installing OpenCV for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) We have tried the officially supported version of this, i.e. runnning KDE 3.x instead of 4.x Note that installation on version 7.10 follows the same procedure, but I never got round documenting it Things seem to be getting easier! Thanks to Leeds University for their guide on using OpenCV 1. sudo apt-get install build-essential to get compiler, ld, make, .... 2. Install the other necessary packages: sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libjpeg62-dev libtiff4-dev 3. Now download and untar version 1.0.0 of OpenCV from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=22870&package_id=16948 4. Now do * ./configure --prefix=/opt/opencv --enable-apps --enable-shared --with-ffmpeg --with-gnu-ld --with-x --without-quicktime CXXFLAGS=-fno-strict-aliasing * Check that the above produces no error and that in particular it reports ffmpeg as yes. If this is not the case there is no point in continuing! * make (if you have tried making other configurations you could also do a make clean before make) * sudo make install * sudo vi /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opencv.conf and add the line /opt/opencv/lib. Then sudo ldconfig 5. sudo vi /etc/bash.bashrc and add the lines: PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/opencv/lib/pkgconfig export PKG_CONFIG_PATH (this setting will be activated if you launch a new console/terminal or if you re-login) 6. So far so good? Now try running some sample programs. Donwload and untar this. Then: ./build-all.sh edge fruits.jpg (it shows that you can open and display a jpg file) cvplayer-v2 SEQ-003-C5_X4.mpg (it shows you can open and display an mpg video file, with ffmpeg)