Thanks you very much that worked perfectly.
Now I, like the original poster, just need to sort a method for converting frame buffer images to IPLImage!!
Came across this -
http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog...cv-and-python/
- which seems to address this prob however I am unable to utilize this at the moment due to my severe lack of C or C++ know-how. Any windows/C++ wizards out there who could help?