Beta: OpenCapture

[conceptgame]

Hi All,

This extension deals with capture devices (typically camera). It can display camera stream, track up to 2 colors on camera image and save frame or video stream to a file.
It is using the Opencv library that is the reason why it is a big extension but it does not need any extra Dlls.

I tested it on some hardware but I am waiting for your feeback to see if it is working properly on a larger range of devices.

The beta version (v0.5) is here: OpenCapture.zip

Enjoy!

[madmac]

This sounds like a great extension - thanks!

I've copied both files to the correct place but I still get the "Failed to load" extension error message when I run the example file??!
I am running an old build version of MMF 2 Developer on this machine. Will that make a difference?

[happygreenfrog]

It could make a difference. As a matter-of-fact, I'm guessing that the object requires the latest version of MMF2. Always make sure to stay up-to-date with MMF2.

[LB]

Working well here, no crashes or errors very nice work!

[madmac]

Works great with latest version of MMF. Thanks again, brilliant extension

[Looki]

Works fine with the Playstation Eye. Nice work! EDIT: I'm not sure if the color tracker is working properly though. When I click somewhere the + appears somewhere else, far away from where I clicked.

[conceptgame]

Thank you all.

@Looki: I realized yesterday that I did not fixed a bug with "Flip image (horizontal)". If it works without the flipping, it is exactly this one. You can also see if the color is correctly recognized by activating "Show Color Tracking" in the edit properties. It is an easy bug that I will correct in a version 0.6.

EDIT: I tested also without any webcam on the system and it crashed. I will investigate and correct this one also by version 0.6.

[Danny]

Just out of curiosity, will this support direct screen capture if there is no device available?

I have no cam or anything here, so I selected -1 with start preview and it just bombs out MMF2 when I hit F8.

[conceptgame]

It does not support direct screen capture but the crash is due to the bug I mentioned above.

[Danny]

ah, no problem. Is there any chance you could implement this or would it be too much hassle?