Obtaining the video position and setting it is done using the cv2.CAP_PROP_POS_FRAMES property. Depending on the way a video is encoded, setting the property might not result in setting the exact frame index requested. The value to set must be within a valid range.
You should see the following output after running the program:
Frame count: 182Position: 0Position: 1Position: 100
The following frames should be displayed:
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