Download 3. Installation

4.2 Coriander: A GUI for the libdc1394
Coriander helps in easy handling of the IEEE1394 cameras. It uses the above
discussed functions and libraries and provides a GUI for them. The main
advantage of the Coriander is that it saves time that is wasted in camera setup.
Also Coriander shows only those features and attributes that are present on the
camera and hence you can judge how useful the camera will be for his/her
application development. Most important feature of Coriander is its ability to
display the captured image at run-time.
Coriander also allows the user to convert a BGGR image to RGB. We will
discuss in detail the meaning of these types of images in detail in later sections.
Some of the files that can be useful in understanding the functioning of the
Coriander are
1. thread_iso.c
2. Camera.c
3. main.c
The Coriander homepage contains an excellent user manual which can be useful
in case of any difficulty
http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/coriander/manual.php
Our use of Coriander was limited only to check if the camera was working
properly and if the focus was proper. We will give some more usage of the
Coriander in later sections.
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