The Recording feature is included in the Windows version of the pylon Viewer (AVI output format only). To add the MP4 output format and enable recording under Linux, install the pylon Supplementary Package for MPEG-4 (available for Windows and Linux).
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If the Recording feature is available, you can click the button in the
pylon Viewer toolbar to start a recording.
The video clips or still images recorded are displayed in the image window of the selected camera. You can play back the resulting videos with any standard media player installed on your computer, e.g., Windows Media Player.
To open the Recording Settings pane, click Window > Recording Settings.
You have the following options:
Output Formats
The Recording feature offers the AVI
and the MP4 formats. Which format is best for you depends on your
requirements.
AVI is best for recording high-quality, lossless videos because it
allows you to record without compression. The disadvantage is that
the file size is limited to 2 GB. Once that threshold is reached,
the recording stops and an error message is displayed.
There are no file size restrictions when recording MP4 videos. However,
the MP4 format always compresses data to a certain extent which results
in loss of detail.
The minimum playback speed is 1 frame per second. This means that if you recorded a video at the speed of 1 frame per minute, it would still be played back at 1 frame per second.
The pylon Supplementary Package for MPEG-4 is available for Windows and Linux. It enhances the Recording feature in the following ways:
You can download the package from the Basler website.
When you're recording a video or a sequence of still images, a red
recording icon appears in the status bar of the image window. You
can pause the recording by clicking the button
in the toolbar, by pressing the F10
button or by clicking Camera in
the menu bar and selecting Pause. The
recording icon then changes to a pause icon. To restart the recording,
click the
button again.
The status bar at the bottom of the image window shows you the status of the camera. It also shows the number of recorded and dropped frames as well as the image buffer usage. Frames are dropped when the image buffer has reached its maximum capacity. To resolve that situation, increase the buffer size as required.