Software, Device driver and sdk, Windows – Sensoray 812 User Manual
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Software
Device Driver and SDK
Device driver and SDK including driver API & demo application programs are available
for both Windows and Linux.
Windows
Sensoray Company provides 812 WDM driver and DirectX filter for Windows platform.
The SDK includes the Windows driver, DLL, Demo application & app source code, etc.
It is packaged in a “s812_Vxyz.zip” file for distribution and/or for the customer(s) to
download from Sensoray’s website.
Refer to the “Model 812 Windows SDK User’s Manual” for the SDK, DLL, API, and
programming guide details.
Since the driver is a pre-built and based on the WDM BDA and DirectShow oriented
architecture, the Microsoft GraphEdit utility can be used for building the A/V preview
and/or capturing application. Also, some 3
rd
party freeware/shareware like VLC player
and AMCap software can be used for still/live video capturing and preview.
Linux
The device driver for Linux is provided by Sensoray Company, and supports most of the
commonly used or popular Linux distributions, includin
…, etc., with kernel version => 2.6.27. The API complies with standard V4L2
(Video for Linux Version 2), formerly known as V4L (Video for Linux). The API spec and
capturing sample program can be downloaded from following websites:
In addition to the application samples from V4L/V4L2, Sensoray Company provides two
other customized capturing sample/demo programs that demonstrates raw frame
capture and A/V (Video+Audio) capture. Also, a “Sensoray Model 812 Quick-Start
Instruction – Linux” manual is provided in a “Linux-812-SDK” package.
For live video preview and/or capturing, commonly used V4L2 application programs like
XawTV, VLC, MPlyaer, …, etc., can be used for capturing/previewing from each channel
of the 812.
For capturing JPEG frames, MPEG-1/2/4, H.264 or MJPEG video, some 3
rd
party and OSS
libraries/CODECs can be used/integrated in end-user’s application programs. As a good
example, the
(refer to: