Convert a byte arry to OpenCV image in C++

arrays, c++, opencv

Solution

the previously mentioned method will work fine, if it's PIXEL data.

if instead, you have a whole jpg FILE in memory, headers, compression, and all, it won't work.

in that case you want:

Mat img = imdecode(data);

which will do the same as `imread()`, only from memory, not from a filename

Problem

I have a byte array that represents a .jpg file that I want to convert directly to an OpenCV Mat object. I have something like ``` byte* data; // Represents a JPG that I don't want to disk and then read. // What goes here to end up with the following line? cv::Mat* image_representing_the_data; ```

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