dual webcam setup

[Barwick]

I'm working on a project doing some stuff with stereo vision, using two webcams.

I have a program that interfaces to the webcams just fine. Unfortunately, whenever I run my application now with two webcams, it confuses the two webcams opens up a windows screen that makes me select between the two "different" webcams (they're the same exact model and drivers and everything). I would like to make this select screen NOT pop up, by doing something in code or whatever. Any tips?

By the way the window that opens up is a "Video Source" screen, a pretty basic screen.

[Barwick]

any ideas here? Need more information?

[Barwick]

*sigh*

[MikeBAM]

I suppose you could make a program to kill the window with API.

[Barwick]

I could but I'd like to avoid anything resembling a Macro.. not that this is very close to a macro, but anyhow.. I still need to select which camera I need to use in each window (although they're both listed as the "same" thing.. one's first in the dropdown list, the other is 2nd in the list)

[Barwick]

*bump*

[MikeBAM]

Sounds like you need to dig inside the files for your camera and find out how they work. see if you can set a default camera setting. or maybe the camera has some regertry entries that can be set to use a selected camera. Maybe there's a way to disable that window. I'd say dig arround in your regertry. else make the "macro". A program or a procedure in the program you have to do the same thing you have to do every time. You could even move the window off the screen area while it does its thing. (selecting the camera)

You might try asking in General VB to get results.

[Barwick]

I posted it at experts-exchange.com and hopefully they can help out some.

But like I said a Macro isn't good enough for them (I thought it'd be fine, but oh well..)

[aramirez]

hello friends, I have the same problem in Visual Basic. In my project I need to view two webcams at the same time, then take a picture of each of the images but can not find how to do that. with a single web cam works but when you connect the second program does not work.. I Use VB6

[Nightwalker83]

Does the WebCam Class (ICam) help?

[Lord Orwell]

could we see a screen capture of the popup? I would like to see if it is a windows-os pop-up or a proprietary dialog. A lot of times webcams come with software that isn't required for normal operation, and lately even windows update will download support software with the webcam drivers. I plugged in a logitech webcam and it loaded me up with crapware from windows update, and the webcam worked without it.

as a side note: Your program sounds really interesting. I think it would be awesome to take the two images and make a 3rd chroma-3d that people would need 3d-glasses to see.