Mac version? Example problem

[KaiH-0]

Hi, I have tried this project and it was so simple to setup! This is an amazing project, I am currently making an application that will be used by a few of my colleagues, one of them has a Mac, I was wondering whether there will ever be a plugin version of this, also could you give me an example on making it use an image for the camera as I am going to use OpenCV with it.

[tshino]

Thank you for your interest.

1. Mac version?
   Unfortunately, there is no Mac version of this project, and currently, I have no plan to make it.
   Because Windows and Mac have completely different APIs especially media-related API which is required to build libraries like this project.

2. Plugin?
   Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by a plugin. Is it related to Mac?

3. Using it with OpenCV
   I recommend starting with a sample program provided by the OpenCV project.
   For example: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/blob/master/samples/cpp/videocapture_basic.cpp
   In OpenCV, an RGB image is expressed with the class cv::Mat.
   In the above videocapture_basic.cpp, the variable frame will have the video frame.
   So you could write a code like the below to send the frame to Softcam:

scCamera cam = scCreateCamera(frame_width, frame_height, 0);

for (;;)
{
    cap.read(frame);
    if (frame.empty()) {
        break;
    }

    // ... you can draw something on or process the frame.

    scSendFrame(cam, frame.ptr());
}

I hope it will help you to make your application.
Thanks.

[KaiH-0]

Thank you this example is very helpful, one issue, I have been trying to use softcam in visual studio code instead of normal visual studio. It keeps complaining about #include <softcam/softcam.h>, saying it can't find it, I have been trying to reference it in the include path but I don't think I'm doing it right.

[tshino]

If you have the file softcam.h in a directory c:\path\to\dist\include\softcam, the corresponding include path is c:\path\to\dist\include, not the path of that directory that contains the file, so that the relative path softcam/softcam.h points to the file based on the include path.
But, this is just my guess of what happening to you :)

[KaiH-0]

That doesn't seem to be working, I have tried it in every way, not sure why it still can't find it.

[tshino]

Sorry for the late response.
If you are still in trouble with this project, don't hesitate to post further questions.