Command Source_ReadVideo

Using of command

This command is use for read video from video file or from url adress .Command use OpenCv function cvCreateFileCapture. Function alocate CVCapture structure for reading video stream from specified file. Than you should use command Source_QueryFrame from reading each frame from capture. Eli program use OpenCV with FFmpeg libraries.With this library you can use various video codecs, so various video files you can use. See ffmpeg documentation which kind of video files you can use.Basic codecs which works in eli program are: MPEG-1,motion-jpeg, MPEG-4.2, MPEG-4.3,MPEG-4,H263, H263I, FLV1.

Commands parameters

Function has 4 parameters:
  1. Select source: This parameter select if we use video file or url adress .If we select option "File", next parameter will be use fro set video file path. If we select option "Url", parameter Url adress will be use for set url adress.
  2. Path to video file: This parameter is use only when option "File" in the first parameter was selected. Click on line with this parameter display Open file dialiog, where we can select video file. Path to video file will be display in this parameter.
  3. Url adress: This parameter is use only whe option "Url" in first parameter is select. You need write url adress to ip camera to this line. This option was not tested in actual version !!
  4. Select capture: This option is use for select capture structure for reading video stream. Selected capture will be use in command Source_QueryFrame for reading video frame. You can select Capture_0 to Capture_9.
  5. Get undistortion chan: If you want to used real word units for get object parameter select undistortion channel for real world unit calculation. If some channel is selected set Size coeficient in the next option. If option None will be set on this option object parameters can be only in pixels unit.
  6. Size coefficient: Write size coefficient which will be used for real world unit calculation in object parameters.
    How to find size coeficient:

Error codes

  1. Error code -11:Bad capture position: This error means that select capture is not in range 0-9. Check eli test program if command Source_ReadVideo has correct format.
  2. Error code -12: Capture is null: This error means that selected capture could not read video file. Check video file if exist, or if video codec of selected file is suported.
  3. Error code -13:Bad undistortion channel was selected (Not from range 0 to 19)
  4. Error code -100: OpenCV error: This error means that opencv function cvCreateFileCapture generated error. Explanation of this error will be display in result window.