From aa4e4abe3093e31835d28276e5a8951566d13c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sefik Ilkin Serengil <serengil@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:27:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] imread restored

---
 deepface/commons/functions.py | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deepface/commons/functions.py b/deepface/commons/functions.py
index d04d71c..6b02df3 100644
--- a/deepface/commons/functions.py
+++ b/deepface/commons/functions.py
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ def load_image(img):
         raise ValueError(f"Confirm that {img} exists")
 
     # For reading images with unicode names
-    with open(img, "rb") as img_f:
-        chunk = img_f.read()
-        chunk_arr = np.frombuffer(chunk, dtype=np.uint8)
-        img = cv2.imdecode(chunk_arr, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
-
-    return img
+    # with open(img, "rb") as img_f:
+    #    chunk = img_f.read()
+    #    chunk_arr = np.frombuffer(chunk, dtype=np.uint8)
+    #    img = cv2.imdecode(chunk_arr, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
+    # return img
+ 
     # This causes troubles when reading files with non english names
-    # return cv2.imread(img)
+    return cv2.imread(img)
 
 
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