# check if the video writer is None
	if writer is None:
		# initialize our video writer
		fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*"MJPG")
		writer = cv2.VideoWriter(args["output"], fourcc, 30,
			(frame.shape[1], frame.shape[0]), True)

		# some information on processing single frame
		if total > 0:
			elap = (end - start)
			print("[INFO] single frame took {:.4f} seconds".format(elap))
			print("[INFO] estimated total time to finish: {:.4f}".format(
				elap * total))

	# write the output frame to disk
	writer.write(frame)

# release the file pointers
print("[INFO] cleaning up...")
writer.release()
vs.release()