mini_pylon/README.md

Minimal command line pylon recorder

building

tested with the pylon 7.4.0 and pylon supplementary package for mpeg 4.1.0.1

1. clone git repository
2. execute make
3. this should create a binary called minimal_pylon
4. if not executable do chmod a+x minimal_pylon
5. have fun

recording

Just run it with ./minimal_pylon. It will use some defaults for resoultion, framerate, gain, etc and records 100 frames. There is a warning on the command line telling when frames need to long to be recorded.

Run ./minimal_pylon --help fro information about the supported settings:

❯ ./minimal_pylon --help
Expected args:
         --fps|-f        the framerate, defaults to 20 Hz
         --help|?        this help
         --width|-w      the image width in pixel, defaults to 2000
         --height|-h     the image height in pixel, defaults to 2000
         --xoffs|-x      image x offset in pixel, defaults to 0
         --yoffs|-y      image y-offset in pixel, defaults to 0
         --exposure|-e   exposure time in us, defaults to 10000
         --gain1|-g1     gain for camera 1 in db, defaults to 5.0
         --gain2|-g2     gain for camera 2 in db, defaults to 5.0
         --cameras|-c    the desired number of cameras to grab at the same time, defaults to 1
         --framecount|-n         the number of frames, defaults to 100
         --quality|-q    the qualtiy of the compression (0 < q <= 100), defaults to 50
         --index|-i      the camera index, ignored if cameras > 1, defaults to 0
         --outfile|-o    the output filename

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