Frame Grabber SDK (Windows-C) Developer Guide
Chapter 2 Basic Process
This chapter mainly introduces the API calling flow of basic process, including the frame grabber
operation, device operation, and image acquisition.
In the figure of API calling flow, APIs in the white area are related to frame grabbers, APIs in the blue
area are related to devices, APIs in orange area are related to stream operations.
Figure 2-1 API Calling Flow of Basic Process
Image Acquisition
Two methods of image acquisition are provided: acquire images directly or acquire images in the
callback function.
● Acquire images directly.
● Start streaming: MV_FG_StartAcquisition.
● Get the image buffer information: MV_FG_GetFrameBuffer.
● Release the image buffer: MV_FG_ReleaseFrameBuffer.
● Acquire images in the callback function.
● Register a callback function for receiving frame buffer information:
MV_FG_RegisterFrameCallBack.
● Start streaming: MV_FG_StartAcquisition.
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