C++11 threads no matching function call - multithreading

Question

I am trying to make a threaded grabber for my OpenCV application. I am unable to figure out why this code doesn't compile. It gives me an error that I believe means that the function call is wrong. However, it is the exact same way how I start a thread using std::thread usually! I want to use std::thread to accomplish it because it will offer more platform-independent compatibility, so please don't tell me to use a platform-specific library. I also want this to be STL-based, so no Boost or DLib. In my main.cpp, I have a working thread application, the code below:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <thread>
#include <mutex>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
#include <opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp>
#include <opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp>
#define read_failure_threshold 512
long grabbers_active = 0;
namespace dev
{
class grabber
{
private:
bool enabled = false;
std::mutex lock;
int capture_mode;
int capture_id;
unsigned long read_failures = 0;
std::string stream;
std::string grabber_name;
cv::Mat image;
public:
void grabber_t()
{
.......[unimportant code]........
}
grabber(std::string name, int captureMode, int captureId, std::string location)
{
.......[unimportant code]........
}
void start()
{
if(!enabled)
{
std::thread grabber_thread(grabber_t);
grabber_thread.detach();
}
enabled = true;
grabbers_active++;
}
cv::Mat getImage()
{
.......[unimportant code]........
}
};
}
[ERRORS:]
In file included from /media/storage/programming/yash101/repos/Other/STL+OpenCV/threaded_grabber_template/main.cpp:1:0:
/media/storage/programming/yash101/repos/Other/STL+OpenCV/threaded_grabber_template/template.hpp: In member function ‘void dev::grabber::start()’:
/media/storage/programming/yash101/repos/Other/STL+OpenCV/threaded_grabber_template/template.hpp:119:52: error: no matching function for call to ‘std::thread::thread(<unresolved overloaded function type>)’
std::thread grabber_thread(grabber_t);
^
/media/storage/programming/yash101/repos/Other/STL+OpenCV/threaded_grabber_template/template.hpp:119:52: note: candidates are:
In file included from /media/storage/programming/yash101/repos/Other/STL+OpenCV/threaded_grabber_template/template.hpp:4:0,
from /media/storage/programming/yash101/repos/Other/STL+OpenCV/threaded_grabber_template/main.cpp:1:
/usr/include/c++/4.8/thread:133:7: note: std::thread::thread(_Callable&&, _Args&& ...) [with _Callable = void (dev::grabber::*)(); _Args = {}]
thread(_Callable&& __f, _Args&&... __args)
^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/thread:133:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘<unresolved overloaded function type>’ to ‘void (dev::grabber::*&&)()’
/usr/include/c++/4.8/thread:128:5: note: std::thread::thread(std::thread&&)
thread(thread&& __t) noexcept
^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/thread:128:5: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘<unresolved overloaded function type>’ to ‘std::thread&&’
/usr/include/c++/4.8/thread:122:5: note: std::thread::thread()
thread() noexcept = default;
^
/usr/include/c++/4.8/thread:122:5: note: candidate expects 0 arguments, 1 provided
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/build.dir/main.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/build.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
The error log is also at the end of the code. The only errors I am worried about are the threading ones. The other ones are simple fixes, but require me to have the threading working.
I am in Ubuntu, using g++ (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) 4.8.2. I have C++0x enabled in my CMakeLists.txt. Everything works perfectly in there
My main objective is to figure out why I am getting this error. I have been googling and trying different tricks for many hours, but nothing is working!
Thanks in advanced for your help :)

Answer 1

Change that :
std::thread grabber_thread(grabber_t);
Into that :
std::thread grabber_thread(&grabber::grabber_t, this);
grabber_t is a reference to non-static member function, you need to pass its address, but &grabber_t can't work as you must explicitly qualify name of member function when taking its address, thus resulting in &grabber::grabber_t.