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+#this script helps load video into colab environment.  You should be asked to upload video.  
+#recommend to seperate code into cells for testing purposes.
+import cv2
+from google.colab import files
+from google.colab.patches import cv2_imshow
+
+# Uploading the video
+uploaded = files.upload()
+your_video = list(uploaded.keys())[0]
+
+# Save the uploaded file to Colab's runtime temporary file system
+with open(your_video, 'wb') as f:
+    f.write(uploaded[your_video])
+
+# Preparing video for CV2 library
+video = cv2.VideoCapture(your_video)
+
+if not video.isOpened():
+    print("Error opening video file")
+else:
+    print("Video successfully loaded and ready")