[Motmot] using Basler 620f with Fview

[Andrew Straw]

Dear Niall,

The Basler firewire cameras are supported on linux using the libdc1394 
library and I can assure you that it works fine under Ubuntu, as this 
has been a primary configuration we've used for years. (See the "backend 
status" section of 
http://code.astraw.com/projects/motmot/libcamiface.html .)

Recently, Dave Benson has been working on a Basler backend using 
Basler's pylon library. We have been testing this with Basler's GigE 
cameras, where it is working fine under Ubuntu. Dave wrote the backend 
in a way that should work with their firewire cameras, too, but we 
haven't tested this, nor have we attempted to get it working on Windows. 
Therefore, from a theoretical perspective, running the firewire cameras 
on Windows using the development version of libcamiface (this has not 
yet made it into an official release) should work. But, as Yogi Berra 
said, "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In 
practice there is." -- I'd be surprised if there weren't some issues.

Anyhow, I hope this information helps, and I would be happy to 
incorporate any changes necessary to support your desired configuration.

-Andrew

On 7/21/10 2:52 AM, Niall Murphy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use fview to capture videos from a Basler A622f. My
> machine is running Windows XP SP3.
>
> Fview does not appear to find the camera. I am supposing that I need
> to install the right backend. However I can't seem to find any
> information about this from the camera vendor.
>
> If anyone else has gone through setup for this or a similar camera,
> any advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Niall
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Andrew D. Straw, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~astraw/