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February 2, 2017 at 10:49 am
#961
Keymaster
The PiVideo software can be used within python for this purpose. First, make sure that you have installed PiVideo and can communicate with the PiCapture board:
pivideo -p i2c1 -q all
In your python program, you then use something like this:
import pivideo_class
vid=pivideo_class.PiVideo()
vid.pivideo_port=’i2c1′
vidopen=vid.open
Now you have an open communication port to the PiCapture processor, and can issue commands like:
vid.source=’video1′
or:
vid.source=’video3′
Please note that you need to make sure that the port used for communication (I2C1, I2C0, or serial) matches the jumpers on the PiCapture and the code above.