Video Capture for OZI Explorer

joffa

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Hi Folks,

Been meaning to complete this project for some time. It's a video capture application that works within OZI Explorer (that way I can have the web cam running in the OZI Explorer application on my Tablet PC and not have to switch between it and the video recording app while driving). Figured that I may as well share it with the world.

Requirements:

Microsoft .NET Framework V2.0 or higher
Microsoft DirectX Runtime

I have tested it on Windows XP and Windows 7. When you run it it will automatically start OZI Explorer. It will run in the background and wait for the Moving Map window to be displayed then fit itself in below the Moving Map Control (see attached pic). I've tested it on resolutions down to 1024x600.

If you run it on Win 7 or Vista it does require some acknowledgments for User Access Controls (this is due to the way it integrates with OZI Explorer).

Though fairly functional this is still a work in progress as there are a few things I would like to clean up.

Any feedback would be welcome. I have tested it with my Logitech web cam and it works fine. Should be ok with others too.

You can get it from:

https://members.iinet.net.au/~joffanvetti@ozemail.com.au/OZIVideoCapture/OZIVideoCapture.msi

Cheers,
Joffa.

PS: The work for the DirectX integration was done by Brian Low as a sample and released under the creative commons.
 

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hey joffa, nice work mate. i haven't played with it yet' but is there any chance this add on can create a track log when you record and add the date, time and name off the trip?
 
Hey Eden, thanks. great idea about the track logging. there are some ways to control ozi explorer in this way I believe. i'll do some research into it.

joffa.
 
Update v0.2

Hey Eden,

I've uploaded a new version (same place). It's got the track recording in it. Currently it will automatically start trying to record from the GPS once you hit the record button. I'm currently working on a new configuration screen for options because it will be better then the menu system from the sample (I think). No naming of the trip yet.

I have been trying it on my tablet pc with a 1.2 GHz CPU and when running under windows 7 it struggles to do video recording and mapping at the same time (but it's an old PC with XP drivers so that can't help). Heck it struggles with recording video at any more then 640x480 x 15fps. I'm going to install XP back in a small partition and try that.

Cheers, Joffa.
 
Update v0.4

New update v0.4. Same location as the original.

I've added and changed the following things:

- Settings have been changed to a dialog rather then the menu system.
- Added the ability to store the recording directory as well as prefix files with a name.
- Cleaned up menu system handling when starting and stopping recording/playback.
- Cleaned up exception/error messages that get displayed if the video device is plugged out during recording.
- Added flag to automatically start the GPS when recording.
- Added playback function:
- Just select the video file that matches the Track (.plt) file and playback will start.
- Playback will automatically load the relevant map and keep it positioned at the last track point.
- Video is played back to the recording window at the moment.
- Playback stops at the end of the track and not the video.

Joffa.
 
Eden,

Did you ever get round to having a play?

New V0.5 up there which fixes issues with loading settings when there is no camera attached.

Joffa.
 
hey joffa, no sorry i haven't tried it yet mate. i'll give it a go next weekend on the trip. does it work with any camera. i'm thinking on just using a webcam. welldone again mate. i'm looking forward to using it and making a trips album
 
Hi Eden, in theory it could be any camera attached to the PC however I have only tried it with a web cam. I got the camera setup correctly (brightness etc...) by using Skype to configure it for me. Also I use the Logitech i420? compressor as this provided the best performance on my small tablet pc. Make sure you give it a go at home first 'cos it can be a bit fiddly to setup.

joffa.
 
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