Re: pygame.camera bit depth (Was "Re: [pygame] Speed up image.tostring with OpenGL ?")

[Nirav Patel <olpc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.  You can pass in any bit depth of surface.

surface = pygame.Surface(Camera.get_size(),0,16)
Camera.get_image(surface)

Nirav

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Alexandre Quessy <alexandre@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> I'm trying to ask again : Is there a way to grab an image from the
> camera module that has a bit depth different from 24 bits?
>
> Alexandre Quessy wrote:
>> René Dudfield wrote:
>>> # something like this... untested.
>>> w,h = surf.get_size()
>>> data = pygame.surfarray.pixels2d(surf)
>>> texture = glGenTextures(1)
>>> glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture)
>>> glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT,1)
>>> glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 3, w, h, 0, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data)
>>> # ... etc...
>>
>>
>> Since I am reading from the pygame.camera.Camera, the image has a 24 bit
>> depth. This format is the only one that is not supported by
>> surfarray.pixels2d. Can I change the format that the Camera gives me ?
>>
>
>
> Thanks !
>
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