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<tr><td>'''Platforms:'''</td><td>Linux, Mac OS X (anywhere libdc1394 [http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/libdc1394/] functions)</td></tr> | <tr><td>'''Platforms:'''</td><td>Linux, Mac OS X (anywhere libdc1394 [http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/libdc1394/] functions)</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>'''Devices:'''</td><td>Firewire cameras that adhere to the IIDC specs[http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/libdc1394/iidc_specifications.php]</td></tr> | <tr><td>'''Devices:'''</td><td>Firewire cameras that adhere to the IIDC specs[http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/libdc1394/iidc_specifications.php]</td></tr> | ||
| − | <tr><td width= | + | <tr><td width=20% valign='top'>'''Example Config File:'''</td><td>Simple config: [[Media:MMConfig_Firewire.cfg]], config for Sony XCD (includes integrations presets): [[Media:MMConfig_Firewire_Sony.cfg]]</td></tr> |
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Revision as of 17:21, 25 August 2007
IIDC1394
| Summary: | Interfaces to firewire cameras that adhere to the IIDC1394 specifications |
| Author: | Nico Stuurman, with contributions from Gregory Jefferis |
| License: | BSD |
| Platforms: | Linux, Mac OS X (anywhere libdc1394 [1] functions) |
| Devices: | Firewire cameras that adhere to the IIDC specs[2] |
| Example Config File: | Simple config: Media:MMConfig_Firewire.cfg, config for Sony XCD (includes integrations presets): Media:MMConfig_Firewire_Sony.cfg |
This adapter is an interface to the libdc1394 library [3] (included), which interfaces to firewire cameras that adhere to the IIDC specifications [4]. Damien Douxchamps maintains a list [5] of compatible cameras.
The adapter was developed using an Apple iSight camera and a Sony XCD-700, so these will likely work decently whereas your mileage might varywith other cameras. Gregory Jefferis put some work in to make this work with Format 7 cameras (the most powerful video mode format supported by the standard), but I am not exactly sure where that stands.
Many of the IIDC-compatible cameras do not allow you to set an exposure time expressed in msec. Therefore, the 'shutter' function is being used, the number of which relates in a camera specific way to exposure time. A more elegant solution would be great!
Color images (like those from the Apple iSight) are converted to gray-scale images within the adapter (useful until the day that Micro-Manager starts supporting color cameras).
The adapter also implements a software integration feature, which can be useful to improve signal/noise for noisy 8-bit cameras (when integrating the adapter will return a 16-bit image resulting from adding the specified number of consecutive 8-bit images).
The adapter was developed on Mac OS X but was reported to work on linux as well. libdc1394 is currently being ported to Windows [6], so one day we might implement this adapter on Windows as well.
There is a lot of work that can be done on the adapter to make it auto-detect capabilities of different cameras, switch on and off auto-capabilities of the cameras, etc.. However, it seems useful in many cases already.
--Nico 10:53, 25 August 2007 (PDT)