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XIMEA CamTool OpenH264 Library

XIMEA CamTool allows to save captured video into H.264 format.
In order to use this function - customer must download codec library from source and add it into CamTool directory.

Installation

Depending on operating system follow next steps:

Windows

  • Based on operating system type - download 32bit or 64bit version of library
  • Unzip it
  • Rename it to OpenH264.dll
  • Copy it into C:/XIMEA/XIMEACamTool64
  • If not checked, check the xvpCodecOpenH264.dll plugin in Plugin Manager (main menu -> Plugins -> Plugin Manager, and there check the xvpCodecOpenH264.dll in the bottom table)
  • reboot the computer (required by some computer setups)

Linux

  • Download library
  • Unzip it into /opt/XIMEA/CamTool
  • Make sure that permissions are correct:
    sudo chmod a+r /opt/XIMEA/CamTool/libopenh264-1.4.0-linux64.so

macOS

  • Download library
  • Unzip it into /Applications/xiCamTool.app/Contents/Frameworks