Video Object Tracking with Ultralytics YOLO and ByteTracker

Welcome to this tutorial on video object tracking using Ultralytics YOLO and ByteTracker! In this video, we will walk you through the steps to set up and implement real-time object tracking in videos using these powerful tools.

About the Tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn:

  • How to set up the Ultralytics YOLOv8 model for object detection and tracking.
  • How to use ByteTracker for advanced tracking capabilities.
  • How to visualize tracking results and save the output to a video file.

Video Tutorial

Watch the full video tutorial here: Video Tutorial Link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV7JuGanu50)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed:

  • Python 3.7 or higher
  • pip (Python package installer)
  • Necessary Python packages: ultralytics, opencv-python, pytube

Installation

  1. Clone this repository or download the source code.
  2. Install the required packages:
    pip install ultralytics opencv-python pytube

Downloading the Video

Download the video

yt = YouTube(url) stream = yt.streams.filter(file_extension='mp4').first() stream.download(filename="video.mp4")