Opencv Cap.get(cv2.cap_prop_frame_count) Returning -1

I recently setup opencv 3.0 for python on my ubuntu pc using the following tutorial http://www.pyimagesearch.com/2015/06/22/install-opencv-3-0-and-python-2-7-on-ubuntu/ So I ran th

Solution 1:

The problem was with the opencv build (as it also occured in c++). I ended up re-building my opencv and everything worked fine after