I'm but sure how this got derailed so quickly. My question was asking about past builds, since there used to be Windows binaries available. Building from source for Windows is not as easy as pressing a button, especially if the code has diverged for so long. This was noted even by the author.

vvbee wrote on 2023-10-16, 17:06:

If it was hard to find someone to port it to Windows a few versions ago then it'll be harder now, I'll say that much.

Also this seemed to imply that someone else may have been maintaining a Windows release. I'm but familiar with this project, and I was just trying to figure out why I couldn't find the binaries that used to be available, or if I wasn't looking in the right place.

vvbee wrote on 2023-08-18, 17:44:

mrgreen wrote on 2023-08-18, 07:57:

Hello, I would like to get the Datapath VisionRGB-pro card.
Is this software and its drivers compatible with Windows 7 (32 or 64 bits)?
Regards

Currently, no. It's available for Linux, which the VisionRGB-PRO has no drivers for. Earlier versions of VCS support the PRO and Windows XP and upwards, they're available as source code but are deprecated. Someone's maintaining a Windows version of VCS as a separate project.

I'm but sure how this got derailed so quickly.

I made an offhand, flippant comment about the linux community, and several people took it seriously.

I've been trying to get a hang of Linux and how to get the VCS running on it. No previous experience so a bit lost every now and then.

I'm running:
Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
opencv-4.9.0
Qt Creator 12.0.2 (6.6.0)
Kit: Desktop Qt 6.7.0 MinGW 64-bit
vcs-3.4.3

I've got as far as building it in QT Creator but while doing it I run into these errors:

Multiple uint errors like this:

\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\henskelit\vcs-3.4.3\src\display\display.h:151: error: 'uint' does not name a type; did you mean 'int […]
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\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\henskelit\vcs-3.4.3\src\display\display.h:151: error: 'uint' does not name a type; did you mean 'int'?
In file included from ../vcs-3.4.3/src/capture/capture.h:40,
from ..\vcs-3.4.3\src\capture\alias.cpp:9:
../vcs-3.4.3/src/display/display.h:151:102: error: 'uint' does not name a type; did you mean 'int'?
151 | void kd_show_headless_assert_error_message(const char *const msg, const char * const filename, const uint lineNum);
| ^~~~
| int

Something else:

👎 error: [Makefile.Release:7055: generated_files/src/capture/alias.o] Error 1

Warning:

\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\henskelit\vcs-3.4.3\src\common\disk\file_readers\file_reader_video_presets_version_b.cpp:143: warnin […]
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\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\henskelit\vcs-3.4.3\src\common\disk\file_readers\file_reader_video_presets_version_b.cpp:143: warning: loop variable 'propName' of type 'const string&' {aka 'const std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>&'} binds to a temporary constructed from type 'const char* const' [-Wrange-loop-construct]
..\vcs-3.4.3\src\common\disk\file_readers\file_reader_video_presets_version_b.cpp: In function 'bool file_reader::video_presets::version_b::read(const string&, std::vector<video_preset_s*>*)':
..\vcs-3.4.3\src\common\disk\file_readers\file_reader_video_presets_version_b.cpp:143:37: warning: loop variable 'propName' of type 'const string&' {aka 'const std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>&'} binds to a temporary constructed from type 'const char* const' [-Wrange-loop-construct]
143 | for (const std::string &propName: kc_supported_video_preset_properties())
| ^~~~~~~~
..\vcs-3.4.3\src\common\disk\file_readers\file_reader_video_presets_version_b.cpp:143:37: note: use non-reference type 'const string' {aka 'const std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>'} to make the copy explicit or 'const char* const&' to prevent copying

Tried to include different int's in the code but none of it helped. Have I missed a step or is some of the libraries/software I'm using incompatible?

Install Ubuntu 20.04 in a VM and build it there, might be less trouble. Use Qt 5 and GCC 9. Somebody can make and distribute an appimage.

VCS 3.5.0 adds rudimentary support for digital cameras via gPhoto2. I don't know the use case, maybe put VCS on a Pi and strap it with an LCD onto your old camera to get focus peaking in your previews.

did the repository go away?

It seems so. I did not think to make a fork.

Does anyone have an old copy of the repo?

My interest in doing FOSS from the poverty line got to 0 as far as this project goes. It's valuable work so giving it away for nothing for years on end is just demented in this situation, but charging for it isn't an option either. As far as I'm concerned I'll hatch it as a private project and see where it goes in the future.

That's quite unfortunate. Thanks for all the effort put into the project. Not sure how to react on a sudden closing of the repository, so I won't. Let's hope it gets resurrected at some point, perhaps back for windows too.

In the meantime, if someone needs a copy, I found some forks containing changes up to 19.2.2023 and 9.4.2024.

Greetings all.

I went to find my issue I filed on vcs as I had listed commands to quickly build it using cmake, however I was sadly surprised to find it deleted by the owner, as described above.

I saw the mrehkopf fork and decided to challenge myself. After about a week of banging my head on QTCreator and MSYS2 (and returning from dependency hell) I had a build that ran in Windows. (See attached)

However, as you can see, it can't actually talk to the capture card. This is most likely due to the fact I had to use the

1CAPTURE_BACKEND_GENERIC_V4L

instead of

1CAPTURE_BACKEND_VISION_V4L

capture source definition, as the official datapath headers use

1#include <sys/ioctl.h>

, which is a control device and not available via Mingw. A workaround will have to be figured out.

Also, I mention dependency hell because this thing relies on a lot of external libraries. I began a static build of vcs, but ran into issues trying to statically include OpenGL into the executable.