The virtual camera type (ibaVision) is designed for capturing ibaVision output video. ibaVision processes image data recorded with ibaCapture and extracts visual signals or processed images with added visual information. The images processed by ibaVision can be captured again in ibaCapture and recorded using this camera type.

This chapter only describes the configuration of virtual cameras in ibaCapture. For a detailed description of ibaVision, please refer to the ibaVision manual.

ibaVision Server Location

Enter the IP address of the ibaVision Server, whose output data shall be recorded into the field "Host Address". Alternatively, you can click on the <Search> button to search the network for ibaVision instances.

The available ibaVision instances will be listed in the table. Select the desired host and configure the ibaVision settings.

ibaVision settings

This section contains two drop-down controls. The first selection list "Program" lists all configured ibaVision programs of the active ibaVision instance. If the selected program offers more than one video output, the desired one can be selected from the second selection list “Video output”.

All settings regarding video resolution and size need to be done in ibaVision. The values are displayed here for information only.

Furthermore, ibaVision offers an offline processing mode that allows to execute image processing on stored video at a later time. This requires the definition of a source camera, which is also used to generate synchronization data for an offline virtual camera. The videos processed later can then be recorded with the virtual camera and stored in the ring buffer of the virtual camera at the correct time. When the offline processing mode is enabled in ibaVision, this is displayed here. In addition, the source camera is displayed, which must be present at the ibaCapture Server.