Does anyone know where the Amcap2 sample code is?

Question

 As the title, I can find the Amcap2.exe but I can't find the Amcap2 sample code. Does anyone know

which SDK includes it.

Thanks for your help

 

Answer 1

 

Answer 2

 

Seems its in vista sdk but i m run on windows xp

 

Answer 3

Update:  The Amcap2 sample does not ship in the Windows SDK.  We will update the MSDN document that lists AmCap2 as one of the new in the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008.
 

The Amcap sample ships in the Windows SDK for Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5, and installs by default to c:\Samples\RTM2\Multimedia\DirectShow\Capture\AMCap.  This is the right SDK for you if you are using Windows XP or developing applications for Windows XP. This SDK can be installed on and/or create applications for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista, Windows XPSP2, Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Server 2003. 

 

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Answer 4

I think the OP is looking for AMCap2 source, not the AMCap sample.  AMCap2 is a different program.

The AMCap2.exe is included in the Windows Driver Kit.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906848.aspx

AFAIK, its source has not be released there or in the Windows SDK.

This page lists AMCap2 as available in the 6.1 Windows SDK but it is not there (at least on my system):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms716686.aspx


UPDATED  I confirmed with the MS dshow team that the AMCap2 sample source was never released and the docs page above is incorrect.

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Answer 5

 

The March Hare is correct.Thank you for pointing this out.  There is only one AmCap sample in the Windows SDK for Server 2008.   The DShow team contacted me today about it  and I’ll be updating the page that says the AmCap2 sample is in the Win SDK.

 

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Answer 6

Hi Karin,

 

My name is Jiming Wang and I am with a sensor company called, Aptina Imaging (previously Micron). We are currently trying to find a DirectShow sample code that can show us how to "take Snap" (get a frame) from our UVC camera (which uses Microsoft's UVC driver). I believe AmCap only give us sample how to do video capture instead or still image capture since we only see "Take Snap" function on AmCap2.exe, not AmCap.exe. If Amcap2 source is not available to public, is there anything else in 6.1/7.0 SDK that will show us how to take snap shot through Directshow interface ? I did consider WIA interface before but was discouraged after I find out wiatest.exe does not work with our UVC camera on a Windows 7 system. Is it true that WIA is no longer supported in Windows 7 ?

 

Thanks,

Jiming

Answer 7

gfhyang wrote:

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> As the title, I can find the Amcap2.exe but I can't find the Amcap2 sample code. Does anyone know

>which SDK includes it.

 

The source for AMCap2.exe was never released. What does it have that you

need that isn't also in AMCap.exe?

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Tim Roberts, [e-mail]

Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

 

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Answer 8

Jiming Wang wrote:

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>My name is Jiming Wang and I am with a sensor company called, Aptina

>Imaging (previously Micron). We are currently trying to find a DirectShow

>sample code that can show us how to "take Snap" (get a frame) from our

>UVC camera (which uses Microsoft's UVC driver). I believe AmCap only

>give us sample how to do video capture instead or still image capture

>since we only see "Take Snap" function on AmCap2.exe, not AmCap.exe.

>If Amcap2 source is not available to public, is there anything else

>in 6.1/7.0 SDK that will show us how to take snap shot through

>Directshow interface ?

 

Nominally, the way to do that is to hook up a sample grabber and a null

renderer on the snapshot pin, then get an IAMVideoControl interface from

the graph, then call IAMVideoControl::SetMode with

VideoControlFlag_Trigger. However, that's usually done after you're

already streaming.

 

Does your device have a snapshot endpoint with different capabilities from

the streaming endpoint? If not, then just instert a CLSID_SampleGrabber in

your capture pin path. Then, you can grab a snapshot whenever you need

one.

--

Tim Roberts, [e-mail]

Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

 

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Tim Roberts, DDK MVP