troubles with ARToolkit2.65 on winXP

Dear All,

I am trying to get stated with the ARToolKit on Windows XP using Vistual 
Studio.NET and directx (I have 9.0b installed)
(I am using the direct show version in the visual studio folder)

I manage to build the applications from visual studio without errors or 
warnigs (I hope this means I have the required libraries set up ok).
Most of the times (not to say always) the demo programs crush right 
before exiting.

"simple" doesn't work: I had a look at the threshld and it seems fine, 
but I do not get and 3d object displayed. The only demo that seems to 
work is multiple, but here there is an offset of the augmentation wrt 
the markers. This however prints out on the console a number of "err: 
[decimal number]" messages

After looking at the mailing list archive I have tryed to re-calibrate 
the camera using the dots pattern and calib_camera2 but the application 
crushes before getting to the end of the process.

I have tryed to install Thomas Pintaric version (2.65f), but it 
complains about "streams.h" missing.

It feels like I am doing something wrong.
Any suggestion is welcome!

Thank you in advance,
Enrico

From:	Enrico <enrico_groups@l ........>	Received:	Sep 16, 2003
To	artoolkit@h ..................
Subject:	troubles with ARToolkit2.65 on winXP
Dear All, I am trying to get stated with the ARToolKit on Windows XP using Vistual Studio.NET and directx (I have 9.0b installed) (I am using the direct show version in the visual studio folder) I manage to build the applications from visual studio without errors or warnigs (I hope this means I have the required libraries set up ok). Most of the times (not to say always) the demo programs crush right before exiting. "simple" doesn't work: I had a look at the threshld and it seems fine, but I do not get and 3d object displayed. The only demo that seems to work is multiple, but here there is an offset of the augmentation wrt the markers. This however prints out on the console a number of "err: [decimal number]" messages After looking at the mailing list archive I have tryed to re-calibrate the camera using the dots pattern and calib_camera2 but the application crushes before getting to the end of the process. I have tryed to install Thomas Pintaric version (2.65f), but it complains about "streams.h" missing. It feels like I am doing something wrong. Any suggestion is welcome! Thank you in advance, Enrico

From:	Daniel Wagner <daniel@i ...............>	Received:	Sep 17, 2003
To	Enrico <enrico_groups@l ........>
Subject:	Re: troubles with ARToolkit2.65 on winXP
> I have tryed to install Thomas Pintaric version (2.65f), but it > complains about "streams.h" missing. streams.h is well hidden in the DX81 sdk under \samples\Multimedia\DirectShow\BaseClasses\streams.h and in DX90 under \Samples\C++\DirectShow\BaseClasses\streams.h it's a shame that MS puts those important header files into the samples section... hope this helps. Daniel

From:	Enrico <enrico_groups@l ........>	Received:	Sep 17, 2003
To	artoolkit@h ..................
Subject:	Re: troubles with ARToolkit2.65 on winXP
Dear all, I managed to have version 2.65f compiled, thanks for the suggestions! I have used the "solution" including libAR, libARgsub, libARvideo, mk_patt and simpleTest. However, if I try to import any other project or soultion I get it loaded as "unsupported". I can then build the projects, but they crush. In this way I do not know how to calibrate the camera, for example. What does "unsupported" refer to? (I didn't manage to find any info in the documentation) Where could I find more information about what to do to properly port these other projects to visual studio.net? Any suggestion is welcome! Thank you in advance, Enrico