1 /* Simple Video4Linux image grabber. */
3 * Video4Linux Driver Test/Example Framegrabbing Program
6 * gcc -s -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes v4lgrab.c -o v4lgrab
10 * Copyright (C) 1998-05-03, Phil Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
11 * Copied from http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/vgrabber.c
12 * with minor modifications (Dave Forrest, drf5n@virginia.edu).
15 * For some cameras you may need to pre-load libv4l to perform
16 * the necessary decompression, e.g.:
18 * export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
19 * ./v4lgrab >image.ppm
21 * see http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/3636.html for details.
26 #include <sys/types.h>
30 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
33 #include <linux/types.h>
34 #include <linux/videodev.h>
36 #define VIDEO_DEV "/dev/video0"
38 /* Stole this from tvset.c */
40 #define READ_VIDEO_PIXEL(buf, format, depth, r, g, b) \
44 case VIDEO_PALETTE_GREY: \
50 (r) = (g) = (b) = (*buf++ << 8);\
55 *((unsigned short *) buf); \
62 case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB565: \
64 unsigned short tmp = *(unsigned short *)buf; \
66 (g) = (tmp<<5)&0xFC00; \
67 (b) = (tmp<<11)&0xF800; \
72 case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB555: \
73 (r) = (buf[0]&0xF8)<<8; \
74 (g) = ((buf[0] << 5 | buf[1] >> 3)&0xF8)<<8; \
75 (b) = ((buf[1] << 2 ) & 0xF8)<<8; \
79 case VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB24: \
80 (r) = buf[0] << 8; (g) = buf[1] << 8; \
87 "Format %d not yet supported\n", \
92 int get_brightness_adj(unsigned char *image, long size, int *brightness) {
94 for (i=0;i<size*3;i++)
96 *brightness = (128 - tot/(size*3))/3;
97 return !((tot/(size*3)) >= 126 && (tot/(size*3)) <= 130);
100 int main(int argc, char ** argv)
102 int fd = open(VIDEO_DEV, O_RDONLY), f;
103 struct video_capability cap;
104 struct video_window win;
105 struct video_picture vpic;
107 unsigned char *buffer, *src;
108 int bpp = 24, r, g, b;
109 unsigned int i, src_depth;
116 if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGCAP, &cap) < 0) {
118 fprintf(stderr, "(" VIDEO_DEV " not a video4linux device?)\n");
123 if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGWIN, &win) < 0) {
124 perror("VIDIOCGWIN");
129 if (ioctl(fd, VIDIOCGPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
130 perror("VIDIOCGPICT");
135 if (cap.type & VID_TYPE_MONOCHROME) {
137 vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_GREY; /* 8bit grey */
138 if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
140 if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
142 if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
143 fprintf(stderr, "Unable to find a supported capture format.\n");
151 vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB24;
153 if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic) < 0) {
154 vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB565;
157 if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) {
158 vpic.palette=VIDEO_PALETTE_RGB555;
161 if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) {
162 fprintf(stderr, "Unable to find a supported capture format.\n");
169 buffer = malloc(win.width * win.height * bpp);
171 fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
177 read(fd, buffer, win.width * win.height * bpp);
178 f = get_brightness_adj(buffer, win.width * win.height, &newbright);
180 vpic.brightness += (newbright << 8);
181 if(ioctl(fd, VIDIOCSPICT, &vpic)==-1) {
182 perror("VIDIOSPICT");
188 fprintf(stdout, "P6\n%d %d 255\n", win.width, win.height);
192 for (i = 0; i < win.width * win.height; i++) {
193 READ_VIDEO_PIXEL(src, vpic.palette, src_depth, r, g, b);