Function for creating Stream objects from video
streams.
stream(index = 0, api = "ANY")| index | An integer value corresponding to the index of the camera to read a stream from (default: 0; 0 is usually the default webcam on most computers). |
|---|---|
| api | A character string corresponding to the API to use for reading the stream from the camera (see Note; default: "ANY"). |
A Stream object.
Hereafter is a list of all supported APIs. Note that not all APIs will be available on your computer (actually most of them will not be).
"ANY": automatically select an API.
"VFW": Video For Windows.
"V4L", "V4L2": Video For Linux.
"FIREWIRE", "FIREWARE", "IEEE1394", "DC1394", "CMU1394": IEEE 1394 drivers.
"QT": Quicktime.
"UNICAP": Unicap drivers.
"DSHOW": DirectShow.
"PVAPI": PvAPI, Prosilica GigE SDK.
"OPENNI": OpenNI (for Kinect).
"OPENNI_ASUS": OpenNI (for Asus Xtion).
"XIAPI": XIMEA Camera API.
"AVFOUNDATION": AVFoundation framework for iOS and OSX > Lion.
"GIGANETIX": Smartek Giganetix GigEVisionSDK.
"MSMF": Microsoft Media Foundation.
"WINRT": Microsoft Windows Runtime using Media Foundation.
"INTELPERC": Intel Perceptual Computing SDK.
"OPENNI2": OpenNI2 (for Kinect).
"OPENNI2_ASUS": OpenNI2 (for Asus Xtion and Occipital Structure sensors).
"GPHOTO2": gPhoto2 connection.
"GSTREAMER": GStreamer.
"FFMPEG": FFMPEG library.
"IMAGES": OpenCV Image Sequence.
"ARAVIS": Aravis SDK.
"OPENCV_MJPEG": Built-in OpenCV MotionJPEG codec.
"INTEL_MFX": Intel MediaSDK.
Simon Garnier, garnier@njit.edu
# TODO