PVideoChannel Class Reference

A class representing a video channel. More...

#include <video.h>

Inheritance diagram for PVideoChannel:

PChannel PObject List of all members.

Construction

enum  Directions { Recorder, Player }
 PVideoChannel ()
 Create a video channel.
 PVideoChannel (const PString &device, Directions dir)
 Create a video channel.
 ~PVideoChannel ()

Open functions

PBoolean Open (const PString &device, Directions dir)
 Open the specified device for playing or recording.
PBoolean IsOpen () const
 return True if one (or both) of the video device class pointers is non NULL.
static PStringArray GetDeviceNames (Directions dir)
 Get all of the names for video devices/drivers that are available on this platform.
static PString GetDefaultDevice (Directions dir)
 Get the name for the default video devices/driver that is on this platform.

Public Member Functions

virtual PINDEX GetGrabWidth ()
 Return the width of the currently selected grabbing device.
virtual PINDEX GetGrabHeight ()
 Return the height of the currently selected grabbing device.
virtual PBoolean Read (void *buf, PINDEX len)
 Low level read from the channel.
PBoolean Write (const void *buf, PINDEX len)
 Low level write to the channel, which is data to be rendered to the local video display device.
virtual PBoolean Write (const void *buf, PINDEX len, void *mark)
 Low level write to the video channel with marker.
virtual PBoolean Redraw (const void *frame)
 Cause the referenced data to be drawn to the previously defined media.
PINDEX GetRenderWidth ()
 Return the previously specified width.
PINDEX GetRenderHeight ()
 Return the previously specified height.
virtual void SetRenderFrameSize (int width, int height)
 Specify the width and height of the video stream, which is to be rendered onto the previously specified device.
virtual void SetRenderFrameSize (int width, int height, int sarwidth, int sarheight)
 Specify the width and height of the video stream, which is to be rendered onto the previously specified device including sample aspect ratio.
virtual void SetGrabberFrameSize (int width, int height)
 Specifiy the width and height of the video stream, which is to be extracted from the previously specified device.
virtual void AttachVideoPlayer (PVideoOutputDevice *device, PBoolean keepCurrent=true)
 Attach a user specific class for rendering video.
virtual void AttachVideoReader (PVideoInputDevice *device, PBoolean keepCurrent=true)
 Attach a user specific class for acquiring video.
virtual PVideoInputDeviceGetVideoReader ()
 Return a pointer to the class for acquiring video.
virtual PVideoOutputDeviceGetVideoPlayer ()
 Return a pointer to the class for displaying video.
virtual PBoolean IsGrabberOpen ()
 See if the grabber is open.
virtual PBoolean IsRenderOpen ()
 See if the rendering device is open.
virtual PBoolean DisableDecode ()
 Allow the outputdevice decide whether the decoder should ignore decode hence not render any output.
PBoolean DisplayRawData (void *videoBuffer)
 Get data from the attached inputDevice, and display on the attached ouptutDevice.
virtual void CloseVideoReader ()
 Destroy the attached grabber class.
virtual void CloseVideoPlayer ()
 Destroy the attached video display class.
void RestrictAccess ()
 Restrict others from using this video channel.
void EnableAccess ()
 Allow free access to this video channel.
PBoolean ToggleVFlipInput ()
 Toggle the vertical flip state of the video grabber.
virtual bool FlowControl (const void *flowData)
 Flow Control information Pass data to the channel for flowControl determination.
virtual PBoolean Close ()
 Close the channel, shutting down the link to the data source.
virtual PString GetName () const
 Get the platform and I/O channel type name of the channel.
PString GetErrorText () const

Protected Attributes

Directions direction
PString deviceName
PVideoInputDevicempInput
 Specified video device name, eg /dev/video0.
PVideoOutputDevicempOutput
 For grabbing video from the camera.
PMutex accessMutex
 For displaying video on the screen.

Static Protected Attributes

static PMutex dictMutex

Detailed Description

A class representing a video channel.

This class is provided mainly for the playback or recording of video on the system.

Note that this video channel is implicitly a series of frames in YUV411P format. No conversion is performed on data to/from the channel.


Member Enumeration Documentation

enum PVideoChannel::Directions

Enumerator:
Recorder 
Player 


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PVideoChannel::PVideoChannel (  ) 

Create a video channel.

PVideoChannel::PVideoChannel ( const PString device,
Directions  dir 
)

Create a video channel.

Create a reference to the video drivers for the platform.

Parameters:
device  Name of video driver/device
dir  Video I/O direction

PVideoChannel::~PVideoChannel (  ) 


Member Function Documentation

virtual void PVideoChannel::AttachVideoPlayer ( PVideoOutputDevice device,
PBoolean  keepCurrent = true 
) [virtual]

Attach a user specific class for rendering video.

If keepCurrent is true, an abort is caused when the program attempts to attach a new player when there is already a video player attached.

If keepCurrent is false, the existing video player is deleted before attaching the new player.

virtual void PVideoChannel::AttachVideoReader ( PVideoInputDevice device,
PBoolean  keepCurrent = true 
) [virtual]

Attach a user specific class for acquiring video.

If keepCurrent is true, an abort is caused when the program attempts to attach a new reader when there is already a video reader attached.

If keepCurrent is false, the existing video reader is deleted before attaching the new reader.

virtual PBoolean PVideoChannel::Close (  )  [virtual]

Close the channel, shutting down the link to the data source.

Returns:
true if the channel successfully closed.

Reimplemented from PChannel.

virtual void PVideoChannel::CloseVideoPlayer (  )  [virtual]

Destroy the attached video display class.

virtual void PVideoChannel::CloseVideoReader (  )  [virtual]

Destroy the attached grabber class.

virtual PBoolean PVideoChannel::DisableDecode (  )  [virtual]

Allow the outputdevice decide whether the decoder should ignore decode hence not render any output.

This does not mean the video channel is closed just to not decode and render any frames.

PBoolean PVideoChannel::DisplayRawData ( void *  videoBuffer  ) 

Get data from the attached inputDevice, and display on the attached ouptutDevice.

void PVideoChannel::EnableAccess (  ) 

Allow free access to this video channel.

virtual bool PVideoChannel::FlowControl ( const void *  flowData  )  [virtual]

Flow Control information Pass data to the channel for flowControl determination.

Reimplemented from PChannel.

static PString PVideoChannel::GetDefaultDevice ( Directions  dir  )  [static]

Get the name for the default video devices/driver that is on this platform.

Note that a named device may not necessarily do both playing and recording so the arrays returned with the dir parameter in each value is not necessarily the same.

Returns:
A platform dependent string for the video player/recorder.

static PStringArray PVideoChannel::GetDeviceNames ( Directions  dir  )  [static]

Get all of the names for video devices/drivers that are available on this platform.

Note that a named device may not necessarily do both playing and recording so the arrays returned with the dir parameter in each value is not necessarily the same.

Returns:
An array of platform dependent strings for each video player/recorder.
Parameters:
dir  Video I/O direction

PString PVideoChannel::GetErrorText (  )  const

virtual PINDEX PVideoChannel::GetGrabHeight (  )  [virtual]

Return the height of the currently selected grabbing device.

virtual PINDEX PVideoChannel::GetGrabWidth (  )  [virtual]

Return the width of the currently selected grabbing device.

virtual PString PVideoChannel::GetName (  )  const [virtual]

Get the platform and I/O channel type name of the channel.

For example, it would return the filename in PFile type channels.

Returns:
the name of the channel.

Reimplemented from PChannel.

PINDEX PVideoChannel::GetRenderHeight (  ) 

Return the previously specified height.

PINDEX PVideoChannel::GetRenderWidth (  ) 

Return the previously specified width.

virtual PVideoOutputDevice* PVideoChannel::GetVideoPlayer (  )  [virtual]

Return a pointer to the class for displaying video.

virtual PVideoInputDevice* PVideoChannel::GetVideoReader (  )  [virtual]

Return a pointer to the class for acquiring video.

virtual PBoolean PVideoChannel::IsGrabberOpen (  )  [virtual]

See if the grabber is open.

PBoolean PVideoChannel::IsOpen (  )  const [virtual]

return True if one (or both) of the video device class pointers is non NULL.

If either pointer is non NULL, then a device is ready to be written to, which indicates this channel is open.

Reimplemented from PChannel.

virtual PBoolean PVideoChannel::IsRenderOpen (  )  [virtual]

See if the rendering device is open.

PBoolean PVideoChannel::Open ( const PString device,
Directions  dir 
)

Open the specified device for playing or recording.

The device name is platform specific and is as returned in the GetDevices() function.

Returns:
true if the video device is valid for playing/recording.
Parameters:
device  Name of video driver/device
dir  Video I/O direction

virtual PBoolean PVideoChannel::Read ( void *  buf,
PINDEX  len 
) [virtual]

Low level read from the channel.

This function may block until the requested number of characters were read or the read timeout was reached. The GetLastReadCount() function returns the actual number of bytes read.

The GetErrorCode() function should be consulted after Read() returns false to determine what caused the failure.

Returns:
true indicates that at least one character was read from the channel. false means no bytes were read due to timeout or some other I/O error.

Reimplemented from PChannel.

virtual PBoolean PVideoChannel::Redraw ( const void *  frame  )  [virtual]

Cause the referenced data to be drawn to the previously defined media.

void PVideoChannel::RestrictAccess (  ) 

Restrict others from using this video channel.

virtual void PVideoChannel::SetGrabberFrameSize ( int  width,
int  height 
) [virtual]

Specifiy the width and height of the video stream, which is to be extracted from the previously specified device.

virtual void PVideoChannel::SetRenderFrameSize ( int  width,
int  height,
int  sarwidth,
int  sarheight 
) [virtual]

Specify the width and height of the video stream, which is to be rendered onto the previously specified device including sample aspect ratio.

virtual void PVideoChannel::SetRenderFrameSize ( int  width,
int  height 
) [virtual]

Specify the width and height of the video stream, which is to be rendered onto the previously specified device.

PBoolean PVideoChannel::ToggleVFlipInput (  ) 

Toggle the vertical flip state of the video grabber.

virtual PBoolean PVideoChannel::Write ( const void *  buf,
PINDEX  len,
void *  mark 
) [virtual]

Low level write to the video channel with marker.

Parameters:
buf  Pointer to a block of memory to write.
len  Number of bytes to write.
mark  Unique Marker to identify write

PBoolean PVideoChannel::Write ( const void *  buf,
PINDEX  len 
) [virtual]

Low level write to the channel, which is data to be rendered to the local video display device.

Reimplemented from PChannel.


Member Data Documentation

PMutex PVideoChannel::accessMutex [protected]

For displaying video on the screen.

PString PVideoChannel::deviceName [protected]

PMutex PVideoChannel::dictMutex [static, protected]

Directions PVideoChannel::direction [protected]

PVideoInputDevice* PVideoChannel::mpInput [protected]

Specified video device name, eg /dev/video0.

PVideoOutputDevice* PVideoChannel::mpOutput [protected]

For grabbing video from the camera.


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