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Troi Grabber plug-in

Version 1.5

This FileMaker Pro plug-in adds Video Image Grabbing functions to FileMaker Pro. With it you can take a picture from a video camera and put it into a container field. And now record movies too!

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List of New Features

FileMaker Pro 5.5 Compatible and runs on Mac OS X!

Troi Grabber Plug-in 1.4b1 is compatible with FileMaker Pro 5.0 and 5.5. This new version now also runs on Mac OS X! But it also works for any version of FileMaker Pro 4.0 or higher.

Record a movie*

You can now record a movie from a video input source for a specified number of seconds or until the mouse is clicked and save the movie to a specified file on the hard disk. And if the video source has a timecode a timecode track is also created! This is usually the case with a FireWire connection and a DV camcorder.

Insert a movie into a FileMaker container*

The Troi Grabber plug-in can get timecodes of a recorded movie. In the download you find an example file showing how to insert a movie into a container field, in cooperation with the Troi File Plug-in. You can find more information on the Troi File Plug-in here.

Show screenshot

Other key features

Key features of the Troi Grabber Plug-in are:

  • Gets images into FileMaker without the need for a different application
  • Works with any QuickTime compatible Camera (Mac)
  • Works with any TWAIN compatible Camera (Windows)
  • You can edit video settings and save and restore the settings
  • Clear example databases and a user guide to get started quickly (see below).

On Mac OS you need QuickTime (version 2.5 or higher) installed and a video input source that is compatible with QuickTime. Examples of these inputs are the built in video-in port on AV Macs and the (color) Quickcam from Connectix.

On Windows you need a TWAIN compatible input source, like a video camera (camcorder), and installed TWAIN drivers for this input source. It's been reported to work with the 3Com Home connect PC Digital Webcam USB.

This plug-in runs on any machine that is able to run FileMaker Pro 4.0 or higher. You can also include the plug-in with runtimes made with the 4.0 Developer edition version.

Additional Features

Rotate your image*

You can now rotate the image 90, -90 or 180 degrees. With this you can not only capture images in landscape but also capture images in portrait orientation.

Crop the image*

It is now possible to define a rectangle that will be super imposed on top of the image preview. This cropping rectangle enables you to visually select a part of the video image. You can grab only the part of the image that is inside the cropping rectangle or you can still grab the complete image. You can even do both at the same time!

 * Currently for Mac OS only.

Sample rotated image with a cropping rectangle

What can you do with it?

Suggested uses of this plug-in are:

  • Make a web cam database
  • Security database
  • Medical database with pictures of the patients' condition
  • Register people and let them take their picture

We are sure you can come up with some great ideas yourself!

Try Troi Grabber Plug-in before you buy

You are free and invited to test the program before you pay. You may also make copies of the original and complete package (including the Read Me file) and distribute it to customers, friends etc. However, you may not distribute a modified or registered version.

What are the costs?

Below are the prices for new licenses (upgrades from previous versions: see below).

  • Single user license: US$ 79 each
  • Site license: US$ 400 each
  • World-Wide license: US$ 600
  • Developer Distribution license: US$ 199

Upgrades from previous versions

If you bought a license to Troi Grabber Plug-in version 1.2 on or after 1 May 2001, you are entitled to a free upgrade. We will email you a new registration string.

If you bought a license for version 1.2 or earlier before 1 May 2001 you will need to upgrade to use the 1.4b1 version:

  • Upgrade from single user license (Mac OS): US$ 39 per user
  • Upgrade from X-platform developer license to X-platform developer license: US$ 79

The Windows version of the plug-in has not changed. If you have a Windows license for Troi Grabber Plug-in you don't need to upgrade.

-> Buy Troi Grabber Plug-in 1.5 online here

Developer License available

For the Grabber plug-in we have a developer license specially intended for developers of databases. This license allows you to include our plug-ins with ALL the databases or FileMaker solutions that your company sells. See the Developer License page for more information.

 

Read the included User Guide

User Guide included (updated 18 April 2002)

We've included a user guide to the download. You can also view the user guide online: Grabber User Guide.pdf.
(You need Navigator and Acrobat Reader plug-in for this).

Example databases are included

We've added a trade show database and a basic student registration database as examples:

Video Settings Dialog

You can set the video input preferences from within FileMaker Pro:

 

Works with Apple's iSight camera

Troi Grabber works with Apple's iSight.We have not tested this ourselves, but others have reported that the iSight works fine with the Grabber on Mac OS.

Note that if you have a ioXpert driver (for example for the iBot webcam), you may have to remove it first. Also if you want to put the image in the preview rectangle of "GrabPict.fp5" the width and the size must be multiplied by 0.4.

More webcam drivers for Mac OS X

If you are looking for a Quicktime driver for your FireWire equiped webcam, you may try the IOXperts driver. The IOXperts driver works with the Grabber plug-in, System requirements: DCam-compliant FireWire camera, Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.1 (or greater) and a FireWire port.

IOXperts suppors these cameras (in alphabetical order)

  • ADS 1394 PYRO WebCam
  • AME Vcam IEEE 1394 (FireWire) PC Camera CF-2000
  • Aplux 1394 PC Camera - C102T, 1394 PC Camera - C104T
  • iREZ StealthFire1394/FireWire Video Camera, iREZ KritterDigital FireWire Camera
  • FireWireDirect DV WebCam
  • Orange Micro iBOT FireWire Video Camera

Since FireWire and DCam are standards, there's a good chance other FireW ire DCam cameras will also work. A trial version of the IOXperts driver can be downloaded from <http://www.ioxperts.com/dcam.html>.

Click here for a list of IOXperts driver supported cameras.

 
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