MxPEG Software Development Kit

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • Purpose of this SDK
  • Version
• Documentation
  • Why MxPEG?
  • How does it work?
  • Finding the right streaming parameters
    • Instead of I-frames...
  • Accessing Recordings (in preparation)
    • Through the event list of the camera
    • In the file server's directory structure
    • Searching a recording close to a given time
  • Audio (in preparation)
    • Using other codecs than PCM a.k.a. G.711 (not implemented yet)
    • Synchronisation
  • Detailed Data Format Descriprion
    • MxPEG Frame/Stream Format
    • MxPEG Stream Header (M1IMG)
    • MxPEG Frame Header (MXF)
• MxPEG ActiveX Component
  • Brief description of the parameters -- Test page
  • Using the decoded frame buffer in your application (in preparation)
  • Checking on image loss (in preparation -- not implemented yet)
• MOBOTIX Cross Platform Client (mxcpc) C++ class library and sample applications
  • README.TXT
  • INSTALL.TXT
  • LICENCE.TXT
  • Doxygen documentation entry page
  • Source code of mjpeg_pipe, the first sample application

Introduction

Purpose of this SDK

MxPEG SDK is intended to support software developers of, e.g., video management systems to integrate MOBOTIX network cameras into their systems. Typical integration tasks include

• retrieval of an image stream for the purpose of viewing, analyzing, converting, and storing;
• programmatically setting camera parameters;
• programmatically making use of camera messages.

MxPEG SDK is not intended as a guide to the internal APIs of MOBOTIX cameras. In the future, MOBOTIX might publish another SDK that allows for integration of 3rd-party software modules, e.g., advanced video analysis software, that run inside the camera.

The intended audience of MxPEG SDK are developers and system integrators who are familiar with image compression. In order to make use of the included sample application, some familiarity with C++ and Make will be advantageous.

Please note that MOBOTIX AG's regular product support does not extend to MxPEG SDK. Please contact mxpeg@mobotix.com if you have questions regarding this SDK or MxPEG in general.

Version

This SDK covers the MxPEG implementation of the M10 series cameras running V2.2.1.4 software. Most things will hold for other V2.x versions, though.

The MxPEG ActiveX component covered and included in this SDK is of version 1.0.22.

The current version number of this SDK is 0.8.3.

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