How to obtain an image or a video from an Elphel 353 camera?

This page describe different ways to get image or video from the camera and link to more detailed wiki pages.

tools and capabilities table

	ccam.cgi	imgsrv	camogm	PHP API	ElphelOgm	ElphelSrv	MPlayer	VLC	camvc
setting the sensor parameters	x			x
JPEG/JP4 image	x	x							x
Quicktime MOV video			x
MJPEG/OGM video			x		x	x		x
HTTP support	x	x		x			x
FTP upload support				x
NFS write support			x
on camera HD/CF write support	x	x	x	x
RTP support					x	x	x	x
command line based tool					x	x	x	x	x
GUI based tool			x				x	x	x
make use of circular bufer		x	x	x
EXIF support	x	x	x	x	x	x

tools

ccam.cgi

Ccam.cgi allow to set sensor parameters and get images truth HTTP GET method. This is actually the most complete interface to sensors settings, but will soon become obsolete with our new PHP API.

imgsrv

imgsrv is the fastest way to get images via HTTP. It make use of the circular buffer and can mark images with EXIF data.

camogm

camogm is a command line application running on the camera (can be controlled truth PHP) what can record on a HD/CF/USB-storage-device connected to the camera. It does support EXIF, MJPEG/OGM, Quicktime MOV, JPEG, JP4.

PHP API

PHP_in_Elphel_cameras allow you to set sensor parameters, get images, do any funky stuff what PHP can do.

capabilities

EXIF

Here is our Exif data table description. EXIF data can be controlled in PHP as described in Exif_init.php

on camera HD/CF write support

On camera IDE HD, CF card or USB-storage-device can be connected to the camera truth 10349 additional IO board