Dialog Boxes - IDS uEye series User Manual

User Manual uEye Cameras V3.32
8.2.4

Dialog Boxes

Record Dialog
Select File menu ® Record video sequence ... to open the uEye Record Dialog box. This dialog box
provides all the functions you need to create a video file (.avi) from a sequence of images captured
with the uEye. To reduce the file size, the single frames are stored in the AVI container using an
adjustable JPEG compression. It is possible to extract single frames from the AVI file.
Figure 67: File menu – Record video sequence
AVI capture workflow
Once the AVI file has been created, images transferred from the uEye are placed in a buffer. Then,
the images are compressed and added to the AVI file which is stored on the hard disk. These
operations are not performed in the same thread as the capturing process. If you capture more
images while a compression or write operation is in progress, the new images will be discarded.
Supported color formats
The supported input color formats are RGB32, RGB24, Y8 and raw Bayer. The output file will always
be in RGB24 format, regardless of the input data format. Once the AVI file has been created, the
following parameters of the input image can no longer be changed:
· Color format
· AOI, binning and subsampling
· Show only AOI
Record dialog box
· File
Name of the AVI file opened for recording.
· Max. Frames
If you select this check box, you can set the number of frames after which recording should stop.
· Maximal [MB]
Sets the maximum size for the AVI file. Recording stops when the AVI file reaches the size limit.
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AVI recording is only possible in the Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) display mode.
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