IMVSCCameraControl

The IMVSCCameraControl Interface from the   MontiVision Smart Control provides methods to setup a video source.

Typelib: MV SmartControl

Video Sourc Property Overview

The following table lists all available camera properties. Not all video sources supports every property.

The camera properties have additional flags for manual or automatic setting.

Method IMVSCCameraControl::GetProperty

Declaration: Sub GetProperty(CameraFilter As String, Property As Long, Value As Long, Flags As Long)

Get a property from the video source.

Parameter:

	CameraFilter	Label from the camera source filter within the filter graph configuration.
	Property	Property number from the property table.
	Value	Actual property value.
	Flags	Actual property flag.

Prototype:

HRESULT GetProperty(BSTR CameraFilter, LONG Property, LONG* Value, LONG* Flags);

Method IMVSCCameraControl::GetPropertyRange

Declaration: Sub GetPropertyRange(CameraFilter As String, Property As Long, Min As Long, Max As Long, SteppingDelta As Long, Default As Long, Flags As Long)

Get a property range from the video source.

Parameter:

	CameraFilter	Label from the camera source filter within the filter graph configuration.
	Property	Property number from the property table.
	Min	Min value for the property.
	Max	Max value for the property.
	SteppingDelta	Possible value steps for the property.
	Default	Default value for the property.
	Flags	Available property flags. If Flags is 0 the property is not supported from the video source.

Prototype:

HRESULT GetPropertyRange(BSTR CameraFilter, LONG Property, LONG* Min, LONG* Max, LONG* SteppingDelta, LONG* Default, LONG* Flags);

Method IMVSCCameraControl::Load

Declaration: Sub Load(CameraFilter As String, Application As String, Key As String, User As Boolean)

Load a camera setup from the windows registry. The camera properties were load from the registry key:

HKEY_xxx\Software\MontiVision\SmartControl\CameraConfig\<Application>\<Key>

Parameter:

	CameraFilter	Label from the camer source filter within the filter graph configuration.
	Application	An application label for the registry key.
	Key	Registry key for the camera data, e.g. display name from the camera.
	User	If User parameter is TRUE, the camera values are stored under HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Prototype:

HRESULT Load(BSTR CameraFilter, BSTR Application, BSTR Key, BOOL User);

Method IMVSCCameraControl::Save

Declaration: Sub Save(CameraFilter As String, Application As String, Key As String, User As Boolean)

Saves the camera setup into the windows registry. The camera properties were saved under the registry key:

HKEY_xxx\Software\MontiVision\SmartControl\CameraConfig\<Application>\<Key>

Parameter:

	CameraFilter	Label from the camer source filter within the filter graph configuration.
	Application	An application label for the registry key.
	Key	Registry key for the camera data, e.g. display name from the camera.
	User	If User parameter is TRUE, the camera values are stored under HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Prototype:

HRESULT Save(BSTR CameraFilter, BSTR Application, BSTR Key, BOOL User);

Method IMVSCCameraControl::SetProperty

Declaration: Sub SetProperty(CameraFilter As String, Property As Long, Value As Long, Flags As Long)

Set a property from a video source.

Parameter:

	CameraFilter	Label from the camera source filter within the filter graph configuration.
	Property	Property number from the property table.
	Value	New property value.
	Flags	New property flag.

Prototype:

HRESULT SetProperty(BSTR CameraFilter, LONG Property, LONG Value, LONG Flags);