Hi again!

One more plugin : BBWebCam v0.1 ...



As it says, this is a plugin that displays your WebCam... In fact it displays a 'Video For Windows' device, so it can also display most TV/Sat cards, DV Cameras, etc...

In association with some third-party softs (ie VirtualCamera), you can also display lot of others things...

As a VFW feed can only be used once, so if you want to use your webcam on MSN and on your desktop, you will need an extra soft :
WebCam Splitter http://very-soft.com/index.php?page_id=download&obj=wcspro

Actually, the menu allows to change principal settings :
- Width & Height
- Refresh interval (determines fps)
- Driver Index (/!\Caution /!\)
- Change Video Source (if several webcams, tuner cards, etc...)
- Change Video Format (resolution...)
- Change Video Display (some extended props on some drivers)

This is the beginning migration of my Samurize Webcam plugin... so things to come will be same as Samy version :
- Video FX, motion blur, rotation
- Motion detection
- Image & Video capture

amazing work.

Hey! Neat!

interesting idea. hehe nice work mate

One more step : BBWebCam v0.2

Here is the new V0.2 version... i've made some code cleanage, and i've added some verifications to handle 'absent device' (ie: you unplugged the webcam).
I began to add somme visual effects, and enhanced driver handling.

[WHAT'S NEW]
- Driver selection by name (instead of index).
- Command to restart capture driver (after 'absent device' error).
- Ability to display driver infos on image (FrameNumber, FrameRate, ImageSize, DriverName & Version)
- Rotate & Flip image
- 'Motion Blur' option
- Color Effects : Recolorize to fit visual style (Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Cyan, Yellow, Alien1, Alien2, Alien3)

[SOON]
- Other 'Color Effects' : recolorize according to **Box style
- New 'Special Effects' : Edge detection, emboss...
- Motion detection

[TODO]
- Image & Video capture

Please give feedback when you try it... specially with tv-card/DVcam...thx

Hello psy4meuh,

I am currently using your BBWebCam with a pctv pro card and with fakeweb cam program for watchin mpeg video. I have a vcr and dvd player connected to the pctv card and it works great.

The one thing I wish that could be added is a way to change channels with in the program. That isnt really a need to have right now feature however. I change stations with the vcr but with the radio tuner it would be a nice feature to access the tuner for changing those stations.

I'm going to check out your new version right now though.. I'll report more after that.

Peace, and great work.

Tested it and it has some really cool features. It's great when I want to just watch a uh.. little tv while I work..

I guess now, what would be great to have, is the ability to shut off the driver without unloading the plug-in. Maybe even a way to pause the video.


Anywho..Peace... and as always, great work on this

Thx for feedback Nightbreed, i add your request to the ToDo list... these are good ideas...

I'll add a command in menu to shut the driver off (release the device to use elsewhere), and i think i'll make the pause/continue featuce on simple mouse click on image.

Thanks psy4meuh,

There may not be a need to add an on and off.. In my config. I have the plug-in attached to a bbinterface frame within a sidebar.. I've uploaded a screenshot @ boxshots.org.

wait.. ha! just had a weird thing happen..

the plug-in stopped working then the overlay version of the video was displayed on the screen...

Not too sure on how to explain that too well.. but, I'll play around with it a little more and get back to you on it.

Peace

Hello again,

As far as the on and off on the plug-in... I've been able to handle it with bbinterface buttons and these commands:

for the On:
@BBInterface Control ExternalPlugin TV_Holder load "C:\Blackbox\plugins\Webcam\BBWebCam.dll"

and OFF:
@BBInterface Control ExternalPlugin TV_Holder Unload "BBWebCam"

these commands load and unload the plugin to a specific bbinterface frame. So the on/off feature isnt really all that nessasary at the moment.

Though if you can figure out a way for it to change the tuner channels, I'd be using this instead of wintv2k (hauppage card software)

That is so awesome! I can see tv in a plugin! yipee!

Kal.

Nice shot! I've added pause and disconnect commands.... for next release


Thx for feedback... i'll verify and clean my code one more time... i must say i havent tested it in Slit or BBInterface...

Why not? I'll take a look at these commands, if these are generic commands, i'll include it to BBWebcam, if not that would be another plugin purpose...
Other thing : do you have 'Change Video Display' in BBWebcam 'Driver'menu? option available when connected to TV-card? Can you say me what that window contains?

...should I consider the latest release public enough for the xoblite.net plugins page?

BR//Karl -> qwilk