Open CV-HOWTO

Open CV-HOWTO

• back to assignment4

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Everybody in the class is welcome to edit this.

• Sourceforge site: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=22870
• OpenCV for Linux, OSX, and other UNIX-based OSs:
  • download under opencv-linux the opencv-1.0.0.tar.gz file
  • gunzip -c opencv-1.0.0.tar.gz | tar xvf -
  • go into new directory
  • Ubuntu--> sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
  • ./configure
  • make
  • sudo make install
• OpenCV for Windows (Visual C++):
  • just download from the sourceforge site under opencv-win the OpenCV_1.0.exe file and instal it
  • Make sure Visual C++ is installed
  • set the right path variables in Visual C++ pointing to the new OepnCV libraries/ include files
  • PLEASE: Anyone in the class who has come that far, add more information here what the trouble was, and how to fix it.
  • Here's a link that has some advice how to get it running on XP: http://ai.stanford.edu/~dstavens/cs223b/stavens_opencv_optical_flow.pdf
• OpenCV for Windows (Cygwin):
• This requires a precompiled build that'll work on Cygwin. Will update soon...

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People who use or want to use Open-CV

• Mac OS-X folks: (please add yourself)
  • Chris Bregler, OS: leopard, Status: installed and working, if you have trouble email me!
  • Ian Spiro, Installed on Leopard. I found this useful. http://nuigroup.com/wiki/Installing_OpenCV_on_Mac_OS_X/
  • Shao-Hua Kao, OS: Leopard, Status: done with assignment 4.
  • Preyas, OS: Leopard 10.5, Installed and Working. Ian's link was quite useful.
• Linux folks: (please add yourself)
  • Brandon Reiss, OS: Ubuntu 8.04, Status: installed and working
  • Otavio Braga
• XP/ Vista folks: (please add yourself)
  • Nadim Awad, OS: Vista 64. Installed and working. I found this useful in understanding the basics of OpenCV : http://www.cs.iit.edu/~agam/cs512/lect-notes/opencv-intro/index.html
  • Ashish Dahiya, OS: Vista Basic, Installed and working. I found this article for setting up OpenCV with MS Visual C++ 2008 useful: http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~alex/classes/2006_Fall_401/labs/lab_04/OpenCV_in_MSVS.txt
  • Yu-shun Cheng, OS: Windows XP 64. Folks on XP64 take advice: copy all the .dll files to SysWOW64 instead, otherwise it wont run. Somehow what I compiled on XP-64 cant execute on my 32-bit XP laptop, have to figure this out later.
  • Rachit, OS: Windows XP. Installed Visual Studio 2003 and Open CV. Status: Working. I found some really good instructions online. The website was down so I read them in the "cache" that google has. I have uploaded them here if anyone needs them:

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~rnp226/mocap/openvc_visualstudio_guide.txt

• Shangshang Feng, OS: Windows XP. Installed Visual Studio 2008 and Open CV. Status: Working. stavens_opencv_optical_flow.pdf is useful.
• Deepthi Gadhiraju, OS: Windows XP. Installed Visual Studio 2008 and Open CV. Status: Working. Found these instructions useful, http://homepages.nyu.edu/~rnp226/mocap/openvc_visualstudio_guide.txt. Thank you.
• Nandini Prabhu, OS: Windows Vista. Installed and Working on Visual Studio Express Edition and OpenCV. Found this useful in setting up OpenCV on VS - http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/vision/opencv/install-win.html.
• Jason Yang, OS: Vista x64. Installed and Working on Dev-cpp c++ and OpenCV. Dev-cpp setup for OpenCV here: http://www.cypax.net/tutorials/opencv/index?language=en. Relevant optical flow resources: http://ai.stanford.edu/~dstavens/cs223b/
• Merve Keles, OS: Windows Vista. Installed. Found this useful-http://myopencv.blogspot.com/2008/09/visual-c-and-opencv.html
• Paul Sultan, OS: Windows Vista x64. Working on VS Express Edition. Though there is a significant lag once the data starts calculating. So as far as real time tracking or using it as direct feed off a webcam I'm unsure.
• Edgardo Molina, OS: Windows XP. Installed and Working with Visual Studio 2003.