Notes_on_Pylon+openCV.txt

Install OpenCV 3.0 using this script:
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenCV


Snippet of C++ code for converting Basler/pylon image to OpenCV Mat image (and saving image to file):
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camera.RetrieveResult( 5000, ptrGrabResult, TimeoutHandling_ThrowException);
if (ptrGrabResult->GrabSucceeded())
{
   int frameCols = ptrGrabResult->GetWidth();
   int frameRows = ptrGrabResult->GetHeight();
   Mat theFrame = cv::Mat(frameRows, frameCols, CV_8UC1);
   memcpy(theFrame.ptr(),(uint8_t *)ptrGrabResult->GetBuffer(),frameCols*frameRows);
   imwrite("GrabbedImageCV.png",theFrame);
}