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UIImagePickerController: Detecting Camera button (shutter) pressed

I would like to call a method that takes an NSNotification immediately after the user presses the camera shutter (i.e when the "Preview" tab bar has the buttons "Retake" and "Use"). I can't use the didFinishPickingImage method because at this time the user has already pressed the "Use" button. I have already implemented this by camer...

S60 camera focusing

Hi guys. In my project I have to use mobile camera from my own program. I use python with S60 platform under NOKIA 6220 Classic. It has 5mp-camera. The problem is that photos quality are very-very low. Seems that auto-focusing doesn't work. I'd like to know maybe anyone from you made something before. I can buy new telephone if I'll nee...

UIImagePickerController with camera source: video trimming doesn't work

Hi, I am using UIImagePickerController to record a video with the sourceType set to UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera. I have set allowsEditing to true so that the video can be edited before the picker returns. But after I edit the video using the trimming interface and press "Pick", I only get back the original recording in the ...

iphone camera,imagecontroller SDK

Hello good morning, I am trying to use Camera or Imagepicker Library to get an image after taking a new picture i get a View > Asking me to Add a Description and then I have 2 Options in the toolbar "Cancel" / Upload. I have seen it in quite few applications. Can somebody tell me if the intermediate view is inbuilt in the iPhone Camer...

How to overlay Camera view with POIs

Hi All, Without using Wikitude, I'm trying to find out how to overlay POIs over Camera. I have seen a few code samples that overlays POIs over MapView. How to do the same for Camera? Any clue/example code would be very much appreciated. To achieve my goal, can I add MapView on top of Camera Preview? If so how is it done? My MapView...

DirectShowNet and anoying screen

Hello everybody. I'm using DirectShowNet.dll to grab a photo of my web camera. Anytime my camera initializes it first shows me this screen. Where can I turn it off? http://www.goat-it.com/!tino/screen.jpg Thank you ...

Overriding iPhone shutter sound through SDK

In my iPhone app, I am using the UIImagePickerController with source type UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera. When the user takes a picture, the phone plays the familiar camera shutter sound. How can I replace this with my own custom sound? I know it's possible because I've seen other apps from the App Store do it (e.g. Red Laser). ...

UIActionSheet to choose 'Camera' or 'Photos' and then show the Camera or Photo picker

Hi, I am creating an app, in which the user will be able to choose a photo. Now I want that when the user taps a button, an UIActionSheet pops up to let the user choose if they want to use the Camera, or the Photo Library. The UIActionSheet should always be there, but the Camera option only if the device has a camera. I'm not sure if th...

Severe memory problems with UIImagePickerController using Camera

I've noticed that when I load a UIImagePickerController and I take a picture with it, didReceiveMemoryWarning is called. Also, in Instruments, there is a significant memory leak (not by me, I swear!). I've heard that this is a problem with UIImagePickerController but, I'm not sure how to fix it. Here is my implementation of UIImagePicker...

.BTH File in the iPhone Camera Roll folder

What does the iPhone use the thumbnails folder's .BTH(Bathy Recorder data) file for? How can you create it in XCode? What app can be used on a mac to read the contents? ...

Nexus 1 - Taking Photo - SEVERE ERROR: in config_proc_ctrl_command / liboemcamera

It appears to be an issue w/ the media flinger launching the 'click' sound? Not sure, but it does not appear to take photos w/ the Nexus One. 02-16 16:56:27.552 E/mm-camera( 52): liboemcamera: config_proc_ctrl_command: SEVERE ERROR: attempt to override pending command 54 with 13 02-16 16:56:27.562 I/DEBUG ( 49): *** *** *** *** **...

What's safe to use as EXTRA_OUTPUT

I'm trying to use ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE to get an image from Camera. What places is safe to use as the EXTRA_OUTPUT ? The only one i've found myself is sdCard, but it seems unconvinient to me (i need a permission, and user has to have an sdCard). Is there another place, i can use? ...

iPhone SDK - How to display a photo taken with the camera inside a UINavigationController?

This is my code so far: /* class: myViewController @interface myViewController: UIViewController <UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate> */ - (IBAction) getPicture { UIImagePickerController * picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init]; picker.delegate = self; picker.sourceType = UI...

How can i find the orientation of a picture taken with Intent MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE?

When I take a picture with Androids camera app, it detects the phone's orientation and saves the pic accordingly. So if i take a picture of a building, the roof will be on the topside, whether I hold the phone in landscape position or portrait. However, when i use Intent imageCaptureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTU...

Detecting the iPhone Device is flat

To detect the orientation of the phone when taking a picture I use orientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight orientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown orientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortrait orientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft But these work if the picture is being taken from the side. How do I check ...

Directdraw: Rotate video stream

Problem http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2318390/windows-mobile-directdraw-rotate-video-stream The video preview is working, all I need now is a way to rotate the image. I think the only way to handle this is to write a custom filter based on CTransformFilter that will rotate the camera image for you. If you can help me to solve this...

How to work with large bitmap. Rotating and inserting to the gallery.

I need to take a picture with the camera and, if depending on the picture size, rotate it before saving it into the gallery. I'm using Intent imageCaptureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); imageCaptureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, uri); startActivityForResult(imageCaptureIntent, IMAGE_CAPTURE...

iPhone SDK - How to disable the picture preview in UIImagePickerController?

Is there any way to disable the image preview after taking a picture with the UIImagePickerController? I want to dismiss the ImagePicker as soon as the user pressed the shutter release button. ...

Flash: Improving data rate/quality of Camera

I'm working with a good quality usb camera at the moment. The video quality of camera is quite good when viewed in the viewer supplied with the drivers (I presume it's implemented using C++). And as to be expected Flash cannot deliver the same level of quality. But what are my options to improve the quality of an incoming local video s...

Using the camera activity in Android.

If you want to use the built-in camera activity which uses the native Android camera, simply do the following. Intent camera = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); this.startActivityForResult(camera, PICTURE_RESULT); You want to get the images back from the nifty camera you displayed, and here's how: If you want to...