OpenCv with Python 3.8

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Is OpenCv still not compatible with Python 3.8? I have tried everything (google and multiple SO posts including [this one]How to install opencv-python in python 3.8 and it doesn't seem to work. Since I was able to pip install without many issues I'm assuming that the compatibility issue has been solved.

My download attempts always lead to this:
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C:\Users\Devansh\Downloads> pip install .\opencv_python-4.1.2.30-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
Processing c:\users\devansh\downloads\opencv_python-4.1.2.30-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.17.3 in
c:\users\devansh\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages (from opencv-python==4.1.2.30) (1.18.0)
Installing collected packages: opencv-python
Successfully installed opencv-python-4.1.2.30
PS C:\Users\Devansh\Downloads> python
Python 3.8.1 (tags/v3.8.1:1b293b6, Dec 18 2019, 23:11:46) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import cv2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in ImportError: DLL load failed while importing cv2: The specified module could not be found.

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opencvpython-3.8

1 Answers

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votes

OpenCV does not support Python 3.8, According to official docs, Python version 3.7 is the highest version that is supported.

You can download Python 3.7 from here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-377/

The latest bugfix release of Python 3.7 is Python 3.7.7

Hope this helps.