Re: need image capture solution
Posted by
Nico Stuurman-4 on
May 14, 2011; 9:26pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/need-image-capture-solution-tp3684584p3684588.html
On 3/16/11 2:53 PM, Nick wrote:
>>>> I am in need of some solution to capture images from a microscope and
>>>> display live video at reasonable framerates (30fps). I have a few
>>>> compatible cameras (svideo, and bnc) that I would like to use.
>
>>> I have done this with The Imaging Source video to firewire (or video to USB) converters. Ask tehm about micromamanger support -- they directed me to someone who had a suitable plugin for it.
>
> Micro-Manager has an "adapter" to the SDK from The Imaging Source (written by Falk Dettmar from Maerzhauser). Both the Firewire version (apparently no longer available) and the USB version of the video capture device are supported by the SDK. Since Aryeh reported success with the Firewire version, it is quite likely that the USB version also works. I asked "The Imaging Source" about Micro-Manager support for the USB frame grabber, and they offered me to test it. I'll report back once I have done so.
We now have the USB capture device from The Imaging Source in the lab, and found it to work well (after some tweaks of the code by Karl Hoover). To get those tweaks, please use the latest nightly (1.4) build of Micro-Manager, available here:
http://valelab.ucsf.edu/~MM/MMwiki/index.php/Micro-Manager_Nightly_BuildsBest,
Nico