Motion Detection and Tracking Using Opencv Contours

basic_motion_detection_opencv_python.py

import cv2
import numpy as np

cap = cv2.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
frame_width = int( cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH))

frame_height =int( cap.get( cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT))

fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc('X','V','I','D')

out = cv2.VideoWriter("output.avi", fourcc, 5.0, (1280,720))

ret, frame1 = cap.read()
ret, frame2 = cap.read()
print(frame1.shape)
while cap.isOpened():
    diff = cv2.absdiff(frame1, frame2)
    gray = cv2.cvtColor(diff, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (5,5), 0)
    _, thresh = cv2.threshold(blur, 20, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
    dilated = cv2.dilate(thresh, None, iterations=3)
    contours, _ = cv2.findContours(dilated, cv2.RETR_TREE, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

    for contour in contours:
        (x, y, w, h) = cv2.boundingRect(contour)

        if cv2.contourArea(contour) < 900:
            continue
        cv2.rectangle(frame1, (x, y), (x+w, y+h), (0, 255, 0), 2)
        cv2.putText(frame1, "Status: {}".format('Movement'), (10, 20), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX,
                    1, (0, 0, 255), 3)
    #cv2.drawContours(frame1, contours, -1, (0, 255, 0), 2)

    image = cv2.resize(frame1, (1280,720))
    out.write(image)
    cv2.imshow("feed", frame1)
    frame1 = frame2
    ret, frame2 = cap.read()

    if cv2.waitKey(40) == 27:
        break

cv2.destroyAllWindows()
cap.release()
out.release()

print(frame1.shape)

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'shape'

Ive got Error. Please help
Cant run this code
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mihuzz/PycharmProjects/CV2/bas.py", line 15, in print(frame1.shape) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'shape' Process finished with exit code 1

I am having the same problem, are there any solutions

Ive got Error. Please help
Cant run this code
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mihuzz/PycharmProjects/CV2/bas.py", line 15, in print(frame1.shape) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'shape' Process finished with exit code 1

It does not run in my Python IDE also. It is not capturing any video that's why frame has None values and None does not have any shape.

print(frame1.shape)

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'shape'

For some reason when I change video source file to be mp4 it works. avi file gives me this error
cap = cv2.VideoCapture('filename.mp4')

whenever I run the code it work properly but the video I get as Output i.e. saved in my working directory not running as I tried both .avi and .mp4 format. Please help me to do so and run the output video