[Image-SIG] Reading and Manipulating a WinTV Capture Card

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Sun Nov 22 19:43:05 CET 2009


Here's a DirectShow interface that might work with your card:

    http://videocapture.sourceforge.net/

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On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Wayne Watson
<sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I would like to read a capture card (Subject) that is connected to a b/w
> camera and produces 640x480 frames. I'm certainly not familiar with the
> methodology and has some basic understanding how images can be written and
> read from a PC monitor. On the surface of it, capture card, it would seem
> that on only needs to read each frame into an array of appropriate size, and
> process the frames as necessary.
>
> The card is made by Hauppauge, but they say they know of no facility to read
> their card. I know a fellow who is doing it with C++, but my interest is in
> Python. He may have to use ActiveX or some other MS tool.  Is there some
> way?
>
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