Example #1
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        /// <summary>
        /// Starts the video capture
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="FrameNumber">the frame number to start at.
        /// Set to 0 to let the control allocate the frame number</param>
        public void Start(ulong frameNumber)
        {
            try
            {
                // for safety, call stop, just in case we are already running
                this.Stop();

                // setup a capture window
                m_captureHandlerWindow = WebCamAPI.capCreateCaptureWindowA("WebCap", 0, 0, 0, ImageWidth, ImageHeight, this.Handle.ToInt32(), 0);

                // connect to the capture device
                Application.DoEvents();
                WebCamAPI.SendMessage(m_captureHandlerWindow, WebCamAPI.WM_CAP_CONNECT, 0, 0);
                WebCamAPI.SendMessage(m_captureHandlerWindow, WebCamAPI.WM_CAP_SET_PREVIEW, 0, 0);

                // set the capture video format (width and height) to the value of the params given at c'tor
                WebCamAPI.BitMapInfo bInfo = new WebCamAPI.BitMapInfo();
                bInfo.bmiHeader            = new WebCamAPI.BitMapInfoHeader();
                bInfo.bmiHeader.biSize     = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(bInfo.bmiHeader);
                bInfo.bmiHeader.biWidth    = ImageWidth;
                bInfo.bmiHeader.biHeight   = ImageHeight;
                bInfo.bmiHeader.biPlanes   = 1;
                bInfo.bmiHeader.biBitCount = 24;

                IntPtr buffer = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(Marshal.SizeOf(bInfo));
                Marshal.StructureToPtr(bInfo, (IntPtr)buffer, true);
                WebCamAPI.SendMessage(m_captureHandlerWindow, WebCamAPI.WM_CAP_SET_VIDEOFORMAT, Marshal.SizeOf(bInfo), (int)buffer);

                // set the frame number
                this.FrameNumber = frameNumber;

                // set the timer information
                //this.m_captureTimer.Interval = this.CaptureInterval;
                m_timer.Period = this.CaptureInterval;
                m_stopped      = false;
                m_timer.Start();
                //this.m_captureTimer.Start();
            }

            catch (Exception excep)
            {
                string errorMsg = "An error ocurred while starting the video capture. Check that your webcamera is connected properly and turned on." +
                                  Environment.NewLine + "Error: " + excep.Message;
                MessageBox.Show(this, errorMsg, "Start Failed!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                this.Stop();
            }
        }
Example #2
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        /// <summary>
        /// Stops the video capture
        /// </summary>
        public void Stop()
        {
            try
            {
                // stop the timer
                m_stopped = true;
                //this.m_captureTimer.Stop();
                m_timer.Stop();

                // disconnect from the video source
                Application.DoEvents();
                WebCamAPI.SendMessage(m_captureHandlerWindow, WebCamAPI.WM_CAP_DISCONNECT, 0, 0);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                string errorMsg = "Failed in Stop(). Error: " + ex.Message;
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(errorMsg);
            }
        }
Example #3
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        private void OnCaptureTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var a = TimeStamper.Time;

            try
            {
                // pause the timer
                //this.m_captureTimer.Stop();

                // get the next frame;
                WebCamAPI.SendMessage(m_captureHandlerWindow, WebCamAPI.WM_CAP_GET_FRAME, 0, 0);

                // paste the frame into the event args image
                if (ImageCaptured != null)
                {
                    // copy the frame to the clipboard
                    WebCamAPI.SendMessage(m_captureHandlerWindow, WebCamAPI.WM_CAP_COPY, 0, 0);

                    // get from the clipboard
                    m_tempObj = Clipboard.GetDataObject();

                    //get bitmap data if there is any data in the clipboard
                    if (m_tempObj != null)
                    {
                        m_tempImg = m_tempObj.GetData(System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats.Bitmap) as Bitmap;
                    }

                    /*
                     * For some reason, the API is not resizing the video
                     * feed to the width and height provided when the video
                     * feed was started, so we must resize the image here
                     */

                    //swith to empty frame if no image was captured
                    if (m_tempImg != null)
                    {
                        //m_tempImg = global::CheatGameApp.Properties.Resources.blankTV;
//                    else

                        //fires the event
                        ImageCaptured(this, new WebcamEventArgs(m_tempImg, 0));
                    }
                }

                // restart the timer
                //Application.DoEvents();

                //if (!m_stopped)
                //    this.m_captureTimer.Start();

                timeTest.Add(TimeStamper.Time - baseTime);
                baseTime = TimeStamper.Time;
            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                string errorMsg = "An error ocurred while capturing the video image. The video capture will now be terminated." +
                                  Environment.NewLine + "Error: " + ex.Message;
                MessageBox.Show(this, errorMsg, "Failed Capture Timer Tick!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                this.Stop(); // stop the process
            }
        }