Update and rename __init__.py to video_upload_and_cvprep.py

computer_vision/video_upload_and_cvprep.py

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+# Uploading video to colab for object detection
+import cv2
+from google.colab import files
+from google.colab.patches import cv2_imshow
+
+uploaded = files.upload()
+
+yourvideo = list(uploaded.keys())[0]
+# once run, you will be promoted to select the video for object detection.
+
+# next cell, I like to break my code up so I can check for errors
+with open(yourvide, "wb") as f:
+    f.write(
+        uploaded[yourvideo]
+    )  # this write it to a file in Colab's runtime temporary file system
+
+# preparing video for CV2 library
+video = cv2.VideoCapture(yourvideo)
+if not video.isOpened():
+    print("Error opening video file")
+else:
+    print("Video successfully loaded and ready")