Programming using a Canon PowerShot A70 in KDE

Gnarg · 08-18-2005, 11:52 AM

Hi everyone,

I am trying to write a KDE application that will display a live feed from my Canon PowerShot A70 into my KDE app. Then press a button that will take a snapshot from the camera.

Are there any API's availalbe that I can use?

The whole reason why I want to do this is just for my learning purpose and not just to have the functionality. I am sure there are applications out there that aleady do this. Canan has API's but I think they are Windows API's and would not work under Linux.

Thanks for your help.

Gnarg

leonscape · 08-18-2005, 01:11 PM

IF there are currently drivers for the Camera, You could look for the Kernel interface. If not you'd have to do some real low level kernel type stuff.

Gnarg · 08-19-2005, 07:24 AM

Ah nuts, I was hoping there was something out there.

Thanks for the reply,

Gnarg

Gnarg · 08-19-2005, 08:54 AM

I think I found exactly what I am looking for.

GPhoto2 has libraries I can use and from what I was reading I should be able to take pictures using my camera in my custom application. I guess I'll have to learn some GTK programming now.

Gnarg

leonscape · 08-19-2005, 03:33 PM

According to the docs, you could just talk to libgphoto2 from within you application, it then doesn't matter what frontend you program with.

I've also found kamera which already does this. Its an io-slave, which basically means it already handles all the dirty work, and you can just use it. Kamera just does pictures from the camera, it doesn't do live feed from the Camera.

Its already part of KDE so should be available. along with gphoto.

Gnarg · 08-22-2005, 06:47 AM

Thanks leonscape,

Oh good, I did not know that. Then I'll stick with what I'm use to.

As for Kamera, I will have to check it out.

Thanks for the help...

Gnarg