What is USB Camera Name in IMAQ USB-Init.vi?

[Molana]

Hi,

The subject of this message explains my question. In addition, I was wondering if someone could tell me whether the "USB Camera Name" can take any name or not. Finally, when I run my program, I get an error indicating that "Filter name not found". Can somebody tell me what the Filter name is?

Thank You

[Bob_Y.]

Yes, it does matter what you use as a camera name. Use the IMAQ USB Enumerate Cameras VI to get the names of all the connected cameras. Then feed in the one that you want to use.

Hope that this helps,
Bob

[MarcoPolo5]

The filter name is probably refering to the compression filter used when creating AVI compressed files. You can get a list of filters or compressors installed on your computer by running the "IMAQ AVI Get Filter Names" - then you can choose one of those to feed into your filter input.

You can get the name of all your USB cameras by running the "IMAQ USB Enumerate Cameras" and feed the correct camera name into your init vi.

[4]

Hi!I'm trying to use a webcam with Labview in motion tracking.As I understand, I have to install NI-IMAQ for USB camera in order to get the .jpg.The problem is I cannot setup it, it continuously requires Labview 7 or higher although I'm using Labview 8. I don't know how to overcome it.Please help me.Thank you.

[s_a_s]

Do you have the Vision Development module installed? That error can also occur if you don't have the NI-Vision Development Module 7 or higher installed on your system.