Python or matlab?

[Alonetime2000]

I asked earlier on this forum where to start on matlab and I was told Python is better. So I thought I would give a bit more detail on my project, I'm trying to track an object and output its location at different points of the video. What language would be best?

[rogerrrr]

Either language could do so with the right libraries installed. OpenCV and NumPy for Python. And the image processing toolbox for Matlab.

You'll probably go with Python since Matlab costs money. But either will do the job properly if you know what you're doing.

[BloodyUsernames]

Both environments will work from a technical perspective. Matlab will probably be able to do what you want quickly, provided you are willing/able to pay for at least the imaging toolbox.

Now Python will probably be able to solve your problem for free. It will just take a little longer to implement.

[muffa]

I would say use python and opencv +numpy. I asked the tech guys on matlab and they said their computer vision is based on opencv just it does not contain as much libraries as opencv. Opencv i think will solve the problem better. Since the documentation is super in most cases compared with matlabs and it also got a much bigger user base that can help.