diff --git a/src/cam.py b/src/cam.py
index f3fff94..53dbde1 100644
--- a/src/cam.py
+++ b/src/cam.py
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ import cv2
 import numpy as np
 import os
 
+
+def variance_of_laplacian(image):
+	return cv2.Laplacian(image, cv2.CV_64F).var()
+
+
+
 os.environ["OPENCV_FFMPEG_CAPTURE_OPTIONS"]="rtsp_transport;tcp"
 
 gstreamerstr = "tcpclientsrc host=192.168.0.144 port=5000 ! jpegdec ! videoconvert ! appsink"
@@ -9,16 +15,46 @@ gstreamerstr = "tcpclientsrc host=192.168.0.144 port=5000 ! jpegdec ! videoconve
 
 
 #if not capture.isOpened() : print("CANNOT OPEN STREAM")
-
+capture = cv2.VideoCapture("vid.mp4")
+keypressNo = 1
 while(True):
-    capture = cv2.VideoCapture(gstreamerstr,cv2.CAP_GSTREAMER)
+    #capture = cv2.VideoCapture(gstreamerstr,cv2.CAP_GSTREAMER)
+   
     ret, frame = capture.read()
     if not ret:
         print('fail')
         break
-    cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
-    cv2.waitKey(1)
 
+    frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    variance = variance_of_laplacian(frame)
+
+    cv2.putText(frame, "{}: {:.2f}".format("Variance:", variance), (10, 30),
+		cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 0.8, (0, 0, 255), 3)
+    cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
+    #cv2.waitKey(0)
+    
+    if cv2.waitKey(70) == ord('v'):
+        frames=[]
+        maxVarIdx = 0
+        maxVar = 0
+        for i in range(5):
+            ret, frame = capture.read()
+            frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+            frames.append(frame)
+            var = variance_of_laplacian(frame)
+            if var > maxVar:
+                 maxVar = var
+                 maxVarIdx = i
+            cv2.waitKey(20)
+            #test to see if the image with the highest variance gets picked
+            #cv2.putText(frame, "{}: {:.2f}".format("Variance:", var), (10, 30),
+		        #cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 0.8, (0, 0, 255), 3)
+            #writeString="imgtest"+str(keypressNo)+str(i)+".jpg"
+            #cv2.imwrite(writeString, frames[i])
+        writeString="img"+str(keypressNo)+".jpg"
+        cv2.imwrite(writeString, frames[maxVarIdx])
+        keypressNo=keypressNo+1
+        
 
 capture.release()
 cv2.destroyAllWindows()