Thread: Human Vision Camera compatiable with FMS & Java ?
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Re: Human Vision Camera compatiable with FMS & Java ?
I'm not doubting your level of expertise. I was helping a team just this weekend doing C++ with a mentor who does video processing for a living. But reliable client/server video serving is not easy. There have been many bugs in the video stuff in WPILib too, and I suspect that is what we are talking about here.

My main point is that FIST didn't declare that the MS Lifecam is not supported, but if your code's timing has uncovered a bug in the camera server, you can likely reproduce it by changing timing between connections or similar modification in how the client and server start up. Once you can reproduce the bug, you can likely work around it and/or ensure that the Java folks can make progress on it.

Axis cameras have a built-in server and are another good way to get a reliable transmission. If you can't get the USB to work, Axis is a good backup plan.

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