@rvdvoort
I also thought about taking the screenshots from the Dreambox directly when I started to write the ProntoTV. It works, but it takes a loooooooong time for the DB to get the image from the Video Ram, convert it and save it (about 10-15 Seconds!!!)
This was the reason, I use the USB Video-grabber.

@bambam_101
this device features USB-->VGA, not VGA-->USB !
So you can only output VGA through USB, not capture VGA.

I think with such a low resolution as 240x180 or 640x480 an USB video-grabber, connected to the TV out of your graphic card will do it's job well.

I have another practical application for your idea.

I plan to move all my A/V equipment into a closet. I can have a web cam pointed at the front of all equipment so you can capture the state of the individual components. Sometimes there’s no substitute for seeing the actual equipment. For example if your system doesn’t have discrete volume control and you want to set to a certain level, then you could simply read it off the Pronto display by using your system.

If you want to really get fancy, you could capture the image on the PC, then do a bit of video signal processing (also on the PC) and get the states of all your equipment for positive feedback. You’d need to set up a service to do this on the PC, but it could be done.

I only just got my 9600 last week so I’m still in the early learning stages, but I can see how the proper service form a program on the PC could really add significantly to what the 9600 can do. The Pronto team may want to add the ability to get a touch position off the screen so your software could do something with these co-ordinates. It should include events for press and release along with the co-ordinates for each, and maybe some updated co-ordinates as long as you continue to touch the screen. For example if you capture the PC screen and sent it to the Pronto, then the user could touch the Pronto screen and you could send the co-ordinates back to the PC to interact with the PC directly. You could suddenly come up with all kinds of new interfaces.

Can the dimension just be adjusted to fit the TSU9600, or is it more complex than that?

I finally had some time to test the module. I only have a crappy webcam so the picture isn't great but the program works fine. I had no problems with the setup. Great work Wishmaster! I used TCP/IP to girder to open/close Active Webcam on the PC. It will be really simple to change between different cameras or TV cards with a Pronto/girder/Active Webcam connection.

How many frames per second can one get? I guess that the line of xxxx indicate how many fps one recieve. The line were full with xxxx after about 80 seconds. I had signal strength between 3-4 on the pronto. Its running quite smooth but lagging a bit sometimes. It would be nice to see the actual fps calculated as an average over the last seconds;)

/Johan

Has anyone made this work or converted this to a 9600 and if so, could you share the file?

Thanks so much

Noel

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Has anyone made this work or converted this to a 9600 New to Java Cant see were
the resolution of the image is change in code

@THX1138
It's no problem porting it to the 9600 and should be done in a few minutes.
Just resize and re-align the main widget displaying the captured video screenshots. (widget name: "output")

@johanj
Thanks!
Displaying the fps is a good idea and I will implement this over the weekend and post the new file.
Max fps depends on the file size per image.
If I set the jpeg compression to 50% I get about 7-10 fps, but I will let you know the exact value as soon as I implemented the mesurement function, which should not be that hard.

I'm also thinking about a feature to change the resolution:
2 instances of the same "camera" in Active Webcam.
One with a higher compression for live-view and one with a very high image-quality (90%) because then you can also read VideoText/Teletext and the OSD/Menu of the Set-Top Box.

@jdtva
you dont't need to change the resolution (in fact: with JavaScript/ProntoScript you even cannot do such things)
and remember: Java has nothing to do with JavaScript(=ProntoScript)

1.) The image provided by the server already has the correct resolution of 240x180px
2.) I also set the "CapturePin" resolution of my videograbber to 240x180px so also "Active Webcam" does not have to resize the image (makes it faster & less CPU usage)
3.) If it would be different, ProntoScript has the built-in function "stretchImage" which stretches an image loaded into a widget to the widget size:
widget(“widgetname”).stretchImage = true;

Download the official Philips ProntoScript Developers Guide!
Otherwise you will not get happy with it. Also because there are some kind of "propriatary" functions only known by ProntoScript and not the "normale" JavaScript.

Here is the new V2.1 with fps display.
[Link: viso.at]

btw: I get 8 fps at 50% compression rate

Does anyone see why this couldn't work with a slingbox and take the PC server out of the picture?

Dear Wishmaster,

very cool function. I testet the V2.0 on a TSU9600. The picture(s)/video is realy fast.
The dream is now to have the script for the TSU9600. You wrote earlier, that "only" the picture size has to be adjusted. Do you have this done? Do you share this?

Would be very nice. Thank you in advance.

Hi,
That the coolest thing I have seen. But it seem's a litel complicate could you give me a hand please. I'm a french guy and my english is poor ....
Thanks in adavance.
FranckTSU9400

What is the model of USB video grabber you use ?

Thanks
Olivier

Well, in fact, I have just download the file on my pronto at this time.
Could you tell me what his the next step ?
Thak's
Franck

Did anyone convert this file to a 9600 yet?

Thanks

Noel

Hi Wishmaster,

I dont have a dream box but I do have a FreeBox do you think that could work ?

[Link: free.fr]

If so, could you help me to make it work ?
Thanks in advance.
Franck from Paris