/// <summary>
        /// Creates a new copy of this instance of the parameter.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A new instance of this parameter is returned.</returns>
        public override LayerParameterBase Clone()
        {
            VideoDataParameter p = new VideoDataParameter();

            p.Copy(this);
            return(p);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Copy on parameter to another.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="src">Specifies the parameter to copy.</param>
        public override void Copy(LayerParameterBase src)
        {
            VideoDataParameter p = (VideoDataParameter)src;

            m_videoType    = p.m_videoType;
            m_nDeviceID    = p.m_nDeviceID;
            m_strVideoFile = p.m_strVideoFile;
            m_nSkipFrames  = p.m_nSkipFrames;
            m_nVideoWidth  = p.m_nVideoWidth;
            m_nVideoHeight = p.m_nVideoHeight;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Load the parameter from a binary reader.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="br">Specifies the binary reader.</param>
        /// <param name="bNewInstance">When <i>true</i> a new instance is created (the default), otherwise the existing instance is loaded from the binary reader.</param>
        /// <returns>Returns an instance of the parameter.</returns>
        public override object Load(System.IO.BinaryReader br, bool bNewInstance = true)
        {
            RawProto           proto = RawProto.Parse(br.ReadString());
            VideoDataParameter p     = FromProto(proto);

            if (!bNewInstance)
            {
                Copy(p);
            }

            return(p);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Parses the parameter from a RawProto.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="rp">Specifies the RawProto to parse.</param>
        /// <returns>A new instance of the parameter is returned.</returns>
        public static VideoDataParameter FromProto(RawProto rp)
        {
            VideoDataParameter p = new VideoDataParameter();
            string             strVal;

            if ((strVal = rp.FindValue("video_type")) != null)
            {
                if (strVal == VideoType.VIDEO.ToString())
                {
                    p.video_type = VideoType.VIDEO;
                }
                else
                {
                    p.video_type = VideoType.WEBCAM;
                }
            }

            if ((strVal = rp.FindValue("device_id")) != null)
            {
                p.device_id = int.Parse(strVal);
            }

            if ((strVal = rp.FindValue("video_file")) != null)
            {
                p.video_file = strVal;
            }

            if ((strVal = rp.FindValue("skip_frames")) != null)
            {
                p.skip_frames = uint.Parse(strVal);
            }

            if ((strVal = rp.FindValue("video_width")) != null)
            {
                p.video_width = uint.Parse(strVal);
            }

            if ((strVal = rp.FindValue("video_height")) != null)
            {
                p.video_height = uint.Parse(strVal);
            }

            return(p);
        }