最近做一个东西,摄像头使用的高清摄像头,采集出来的视频是D1格式(720*480)。使用VideoCapture发现速度很忙,网上的朋友说VideoCapture提供的读写功能采用VFW,效率低下且有些格式支持不好。而 OpenCV 2.0 内置了videoInput Library,可以自动在VFW和DirectShow间切换。videoInput是老外写的功能强大的开源视频处理库。是一个第三方库,2.0~2.2的版本专门有一个3rdparty对该库进行支持,而在最新的2.3版本中,已经讲videoInput库集成到highgui中了,想使用它的话,只需要在cmake中设置宏WITH_VIDEOiNPUT=OFF/ON即可。好像我使用的2.3.1自带的那个build文件夹下面的库就是在ON条件下编译得到的,所以就不用cmake重新编译了。2.3中使用手册和教程对VideoInput类只字未提,我只好自己摸索了。还好有源代码可以看,开源伟大。

网上见过其他朋友写过2.2实现VideoInput的使用,我实验发现2.3中的使用方法基本没有变化。后面再把配套例程奉上,先把VideoInput类内的公有成员函数一一介绍一下,该类还有个相关的类是VideoDevice。包括控制是否在控制台输出信息开关setVerbose函数,打印出可用视频设备信息的函数listDevices,之后可以得到设备名函数getDeviceName,视频捕捉的回调函数设置函数setUseCallback,调整捕捉帧率的函数

setIdealFramerate(默认30fps,可修改,但不能被保证准确,directshow会尝试一个邻近的帧率),防止设备休眠重新连接的函数setAutoReconnectOnFreeze,开启设备函数setupDevice,在setpuDevice之前可以设置视频制式,调用函数为setFormat,检测是否有新的帧函数isFrameNew,检测视频是否开启isDeviceSetup,获得数据的函数getPixels(注意这里获得的数据时uchar型的指针),显示视频设置窗口函数showSettingsWindow,控制视频设置的相关函数有setVideoSettingFilter、setVideoSettingFilterPct、getVideoSettingFilter、setVideoSettingCamera、setVideoSettingCameraPct、getVideoSettingCamera,获得视频宽高信息的函数有getWidth、getHeight、getSize,停止设备函数stopDevice,重启设备函数restartDevice。
讲了这么多函数,还是直接上代码说话吧,我这是找的VideoInput注释中的一个例程。
//create a videoInput object videoInput VI; //Prints out a list of available devices and returns num of devices found int numDevices = VI.listDevices(); int device1 = 0; //this could be any deviceID that shows up in listDevices int device2 = 1; //this could be any deviceID that shows up in listDevices //if you want to capture at a different frame rate (default is 30) //specify it here, you are not guaranteed to get this fps though. //VI.setIdealFramerate(dev, 60); //setup the first device - there are a number of options: VI.setupDevice(device1); //setup the first device with the default settings //VI.setupDevice(device1, VI_COMPOSITE); //or setup device with specific connection type //VI.setupDevice(device1, 320, 240); //or setup device with specified video size //VI.setupDevice(device1, 320, 240, VI_COMPOSITE); //or setup device with video size and connection type //VI.setFormat(device1, VI_NTSC_M); //if your card doesn't remember what format it should be //call this with the appropriate format listed above //NOTE: must be called after setupDevice! //optionally setup a second (or third, fourth ...) device - same options as above VI.setupDevice(device2); //As requested width and height can not always be accomodated //make sure to check the size once the device is setup int width = VI.getWidth(device1); int height = VI.getHeight(device1); int size = VI.getSize(device1); unsigned char * yourBuffer1 = new unsigned char[size]; unsigned char * yourBuffer2 = new unsigned char[size]; //to get the data from the device first check if the data is new if(VI.isFrameNew(device1)){ VI.getPixels(device1, yourBuffer1, false, false); //fills pixels as a BGR (for openCV) unsigned char array - no flipping VI.getPixels(device1, yourBuffer2, true, true); //fills pixels as a RGB (for openGL) unsigned char array - flipping! } //same applies to device2 etc //to get a settings dialog for the device VI.showSettingsWindow(device1); //Shut down devices properly VI.stopDevice(device1); VI.stopDevice(device2);