Am I correct in thinking that you are using OpenCV_Haartraining?
If so this is a deprecated app and you should use opencv_traincascades.
This will
- A. Speed up the time taken to classify
- B. Have better support
See these links for further reading Training Vs TrainCascade and TrainCascade Wiki.
EDIT:
also, change your min hit rate and maxFalseAlarm rate.
I would suggest using something like 0.4 & 0.95 to get going.
reason for this is that it will take forever for it to hit 0.999 & 0.0001 if ever.