def create_capture(source = 0, fallback = presets['chess']):
    source = str(source).strip()
    chunks = source.split(':')
    # hanlde drive letter ('c:', ...)
    if len(chunks) > 1 and len(chunks[0]) == 1 and chunks[0].isalpha():
        chunks[1] = chunks[0] + ':' + chunks[1]
        del chunks[0]

    source = chunks[0]
    try: source = int(source)
    except ValueError: pass
    params = dict( s.split('=') for s in chunks[1:] )

    cap = None
    if source == 'synth':
        Class = classes.get(params.get('class', None), VideoSynthBase)
        try: cap = Class(**params)
        except: pass
    else:
        cap = cv2.VideoCapture(source)
        if 'size' in params:
            w, h = map(int, params['size'].split('x'))
            cap.set(cv2.cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, w)
            cap.set(cv2.cv.CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, h)
    if cap is None or not cap.isOpened():
        print 'Warning: unable to open video source: ', source
        if fallback is not None:
            return create_capture(fallback, None)
    return cap
source: <int> or '<int>|<filename>|synth [:<param_name>=<value> [:...]]'
dataset/ETHPy150Open bluquar/cubr/video.py/create_capture