title: Unrecognized or unsupported array type in function cvGetMat in python opencv
body: <p>I am trying to code in python opencv-2.4.3, It is giving me an error as below</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/OpenCV-2.4.3/cam_try.py", line 6, in &lt;module&gt;
  cv2.imshow('video test',im)
   error: /home/OpenCV-2.4.3/modules/core/src/array.cpp:2482: error: (-206)           Unrecognized or unsupported array type in function cvGetMat
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am not understanding what does that mean, Can anybody help me out?
  Thankyou.</p>