Hi folks, I've trawled this forum, google, O2's sites, everywhere but the closest I've got to accessing the camera is either:
1) Windows Mobile 2005's Camera API
2) rumours of a DLL available under NDA from HTC
I'm using eVB to develop a mini app and need to be able to get JPEG files from the camera.
(I'm assuming the latest XDAii's are still running WM2003, is that right?)
thanks in advance!
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I need to camera API of imate to develop some applications.
Does anyone know where to get it?
and any ways to import camera.dll?
thanks!!
Camera API
You're not the only one trying to get hold of the camera API for this device, I think there are quite a few of us that are trying. I sent an e-mail off today to HTC and to O2, to see if I could get a response.
I believe Microsoft are also now aware of this problem. The last I heard was that HTC have a problem with the camera API and that they had e-mailed a copy of this to someone back in May, but it didn't work.
I am hoping that they will e-mail me the latest stuff... we shall see... If I manage to get hold of it I will be posting it EVERYWHERE... Including on here and on my website:
www.ip-ms.co.uk
Let me know if you have any success!
you can disassemble camera.dll to determine IOCTLs that are used to communicate with it (a CAM1: device). Or decompile HTCCamera.dll, it exports some interesting functions like "Camera_GetPreviewImage".
You may try to contact www.iastyle.com, as far as I see they have developed camera application for Imate.
The other idea is to take .NET CF camera class and to try to use it in Imate. Or to download camera SDK from HP hoping that ti is compatible with imate. You may convert all references to SDIOCam.dll to HTCCamera.dll.
Look at http://www.bistia.com/en/prod-faq.html#cam
O2 ActiveSync, Development & deployment with VS2003
O2 have been of very little help. They do have an SDK from HTC however they are not allowed to release it as they are under an NDA.
I guess we will have to continue with the quest of hacking into the dll's and getting in that way.
On a slightly different note, can someone help me out with a deployment problem with my XDA 2.
I am running VS.Net 2003, with SQL Server CE 2.0 & SP3 and SQL Server 2000 SP3, Active sync 3.7.1 and PPC 2003 ROM verson 1.03.00 USA
The device connects to active sync but I can't deploy to the PDA in VS.Net It works in emulation. I can't just copy the cab files coz I need the SQL CE management tools to be deployed with the application as it is the first time of deploying a SQL CE app to the device.
I have tried removing proxyport reg file and re-placing it... I have uninstalled VS.Net, Active sync and everything else and re installed it. I have even done a complete new install on a totally clean pc following the MS guidlines on the order of installation. Still no joy!
What more can I do? I have also tried installing with IRdA as well... this didn't work either but i could still active sync with it.
Help is definately required on this one guys!
Many thanks
Sarah
Re: O2 ActiveSync, Development & deployment with VS2003
the only thing that you have not tried is upgrading your ROM. Try it, but backup it first.
Hi,
I´m trying to develop an application that can communicate with the camera application in my PDA (Qtek 2020).
In order to communicate with the camera application, I want to use the DDE mechanism.
I would like to know if it is possible to use the DDE VIs in LabVIEW 7.1 PDA Module.
And also, if anyone has already tried to develop some similar application and knows where
can I get information about the communication protocol, so that i can send the correct messages to the camera application.
Thanks for any help,
Pedro Sampaio
try doing a search in the hacking it forum
for
camera AND sdk or API
but it's not an easy thing to dance with the camera of the htc devices
Hi,
I know this has been discussed before in the past, but perhaps any of you know of the current status of this issue:
Is it possible to stream video from the Universal's videocam to a PC, in other words: to do a videocall from PPC to PC?
Is there any (new) info yet on whether the videocam can only be used for UMTS-calls due to a hardware or software limitation?
Thanks.
Or MSN Messenger?
I am still on my search for a video-enabled IM application for the Universal. Does anyone know whether using the videocam is even possible using anything else but the dedicated UMTS-based operator video call function?
(As T-Mobile sells the MDA Pro in The Netherlands, but does not offer UMTS yet, this key feature of their product is of no use to their clients now)
look for microsoft portrait
not sure if the cam is supported though
the himalaya cam was not
Hello,
I'm wondering if there is any API (and associated documentation) for programming the camera on the XDA mini. I was hoping to try porting some barcode recognition software onto the Pocket PC that could take advantage of the camera of the mini.
Hello, recently I have been trying to get the Direct3D Mobile capabilites of the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 working on my german T-Mobile MDA-Pro (HTC Universal).
I have tested some applications that use this feature (such as Pocket Jongg 3D ). But they all throw an exception (Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX.DriverUnsupportedException)
A lot of users reprorted the same problem (see msdn forum) this seem to include all german branded HTC Universal not just T-Mobile:
The reason for this exception seems to be clear: The direct3d-drivers that come with those devices is not capable of doing direct3d !!!! Now is there a proven way to exchange those drivers? Or another way to make Direct3D Mobile run on an HTC Universal ? Is there anyone with a german HTC Universal that got Direct3D Mobile running ?
Here is another usefull resource.
Now it looks like that my MDA-Pro has none of those drivers listed there, instead I find two dlls:
d3dm.dll <--- size: 50,3 kbyte (seems to be just a dummy file)
D3DMXSc50PB.dll
I have written a little tool that detects the direct3d capabilites of your windows mobile 5 device: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=174765
It looks like that german HTC Universals do support direct3d mobile, but most games just need some special capabilities that the drivers shipped with all german HTC Universals do not support.
If I only new how to correctly exchange the drivers .....
Hi
Anybody found a Solution? is it working on English Operating System? I have the same Issues with my Meteor and Hermes Devices.
BR
Daniel