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Record Dialog |
uEye Camera Manual Version 3.80
Record Dialog
Select File menu → Record video sequence ... to open the uEye Record Dialog box. This dialog box provides all the functions you need to create a video file (.avi) from a sequence of images captured with the uEye.
Figure 97: File menu – Record video sequence
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AVI capture workflow
Once the AVI file has been created, images transferred from the uEye are placed in a buffer. Then, the images are compressed and added to the AVI file which is stored on the hard disk. These operations are not performed in the same thread as the capturing process. If you capture more images while a compression or write operation is in progress, the new images will be discarded.
Supported color formats
The supported input color formats are RGB32, RGB24, Y8 and raw Bayer. The output file will always be in RGB24 format, regardless of the input data format. Once the AVI file has been created, the following parameters of the input image can no longer be changed:
• | Color format |
• | AOI, binning and subsampling |
• | Show only AOI |
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Record dialog box
• | File Name of the AVI file opened for recording. |
• | Max. Frames If you select this check box, you can set the number of frames after which recording should stop. |
• | Maximal [MB] Sets the maximum size for the AVI file. Recording stops when the AVI file reaches the size limit. You can edit the entry in this box (default: 1998). |
• | Current [MB] Indicates the current size of the AVI file. |
• | Received Indicates the number of images transferred by the camera. |
• | Dropped Indicates the number of images discarded during compression. A image is dropped if it arrives while compression is in progress. |
• | Saved Indicates the number of images saved to the AVI file. |
• | Calc. Framerate If you select this check box, the frame rate of the AVI file is determined automatically during recording. It can also be set manually. The frame rate value is stored in the AVI file and evaluated by the movie player. The usual value is 25 or 30 frames per second. The recording speed of the video depends on the selected color format, the image size and the compression level of the AVI file as well as the PC performance. |
• | JPEG Quality This slider sets the JPEG compression level (1 = lowest quality/highest compression, 100 = highest quality/lowest compression, default = 75). |
• | Create.../Close Click this button to create a new AVI file for recording, and to close the file again when you are done. If you select an existing AVI file, the file contents will be overwritten during recording. |
• | Record/Stop Starts/stops AVI recording. |
• | Exit Closes the Record dialog box. A recording in progress is stopped. |
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