Method close

ultralytics/data/loaders.py:128–139

Close stream loader and release resources.

(self)

                time.sleep(0.01)  # wait until the buffer is empty

    def close(self):
        """Close stream loader and release resources."""
        self.running = False  # stop flag for Thread
        for thread in self.threads:
            if thread.is_alive():
                thread.join(timeout=5)  # Add timeout
        for cap in self.caps:  # Iterate through the stored VideoCapture objects
            try:
                cap.release()  # release video capture
            except Exception as e:
                LOGGER.warning(f'WARNING ⚠️ Could not release VideoCapture object: {e}')
        cv2.destroyAllWindows()

    def __iter__(self):
        """Iterates through YOLO image feed and re-opens unresponsive streams."""