It's a draw between the two OSs. Windows has better camera drivers and Linux
gives you more control over the raw data, scheduling, etc. I like Linux
better for developing and performance measurements, but Windows is better
for demos, especially on laptops.

m.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: handvu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:handvu@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> mucska@...
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 2:27 AM
> To: handvu@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [handvu] installation -linux & win
>
> hi
>
> new version, U make me happy :))))))
>
> I'm glad that handVu is not dead. Don't warry I'll wait with a pleasure.
> What kind of system U prefer, for HandVu? Linux or Windows?
>
> thanks a lot jm
> -------------------------------
> > Hi,
> > These are known problems and the new version of HandVu is going include
> a
> > better capture interface than through DirectShow. That will resolve all
> the
> > filter registration problems. I'll have a new version ready next week.
> If
> > you can't wait that long, please set the environment variables (INC_*
> and
> > LIB_*) either in your autoexex.bat or through right-clicking on My
> Computer;
> > -> properties -> advanced -> env vars. They should just point to the
> > various include directories and where the .lib files are located. You
> will
> > have to comment out the Undistortion part because it uses OpenCV 0.9.6.
> >
> > About hv_OpenCV, it needs to be started with an argument, the
> "conductor"
> > file name.
> >
> > Thanks for your interest in HandVu!
> >
> > Cheers, Mathias.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: handvu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:handvu@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of
> >> janmucska
> >> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:15 AM
> >> To: handvu@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: [handvu] installation -linux & win
> >>
> >> hello
> >>
> >> let me introduce myself.
> >> my name is jan mucska and I'm study at Academy of fine art in Prague.
> >> A few months ago I start to think about a project which will use
> >> handvu like an interface for hand virtual modeling. I wanna combine
> >> handvu with http://blender3d.org/cms/Home.2.0.html
> >> Now I have started work on it :)
> >>
> >> Firstly I decide build this project entirely free, so I tried compile
> >> one library after another on my Ubuntu linux I have installed on my
> >> laptop. but I still have problem with Opencv library there(and wabcam
> >> and ...).
> >> Now I'm sitting on windows and trying to do same thing. I have openCV
> >> installed, it work with no problem, but as I follow your handVu
> >> installation package (msi) it didn't work :(
> >> I used dll. tester and there is something strange, the dll tester U
> >> have on internet site requires FrameDataLib.dll and the one which is in
> >> packege after installation doesn't need it.(I have every single dll
> >> files)
> >>
> >> After installation via *.msi handVu work but only thru second shortcut
> >> called HandVu_OpenCV, which is strange because if I try open
> >> hv_OpenCV.exe directly from folder it's functionless.
> >> during installation system shows me this message.
> >>
> >> module C:\program files\handvu beta2\HandVu.lib failed to register.
> >> HRESULT -2147024703. etc.
> >>
> >> ok, I tried install handVu from source(am not really good at that).
> >> but this way is functionless for me more then anything else.
> >> (I have gcc, Microsoft visual 6 C++, latest direct X SDK, latest
> >> OpenCV(btw we have 0.97 version of them, maybe is good to write
> >> somewhere exact number of those packages which are used for handVu))
> >>
> >> problem is that I don't understand this:
> >> * OpenCV include paths: INC_OPENCV, INC_OPENCV_CXCORE,
> >> INC_OPENCV_AUX, INC_OPENCV_HIGHGUI
> >> * OpenCV library path: LIB_OPENCV
> >> * DirectShow Baseclasses include path: INC_DX_BASECLASSES
> >> * DirectShow Baseclasses path to debug and release library:
> >> LIB_DX_BASECLASSES_DEBUG, LIB_DX_BASECLASSES_RELEASE
> >>
> >> what a strange path, usually U have something like this:
> >>
> >> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (December
> >>
> 2005)\Utilities\Bin\x86";%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\S
> >> ystem32\Wbem;C:\Program
> >> Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> >> Server\80\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program
> >> Files\GTK\2.0\bin
> >>
> >> can U help me?
> >>
> >> I may simply run handvu thru second shortcut but it's not absolutly
> >> correct installation :(
> >>
> >> thanks a lot jm
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