# Taking picture with the HS264 USB camera?

**URL:** <https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/taking-picture-with-the-hs264-usb-camera/5982>\
**Category:** Blue Robotics Software\
**Created:** [September 12, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/taking-picture-with-the-hs264-usb-camera/5982 "2019-09-12T22:51:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![pyrov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@pyrov](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/pyrov)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/taking-picture-with-the-hs264-usb-camera/5982/1 "2019-09-12T22:51:12Z")

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We have a BlueROV2  
with camera;  
H264 USB Camera (usb-3f980000.usb-1.2):  
/dev/video0  
/dev/video1

what’s the python command to take a still image with the camera after the ROV is armed?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![williangalvani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6f9a4e/32.png) [@williangalvani](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/williangalvani)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/taking-picture-with-the-hs264-usb-camera/5982/2 "2019-09-13T12:37:14Z")

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Hello, take a look at our [OpenCV instructions](http://www.ardusub.com/developers/opencv.html). You should be able to adapt it to read only one frame.