Deprecation warning

Please note that this is outdated documentation for an older release of the Scandit Barcode Scanner SDK.

We are deprecating the 5.x API on all platforms (except Linux). Release 5.19 in April 2021 will be our final. Applications running 5.x will continue to work, and we will continue to release critical bug fixes and security patches only, for one year. We encourage you to migrate to 6.x and take advantage of our latest / advanced features and improved performance.

You'll find the updated documentation at: Data Capture SDK Documentation for Android

ScanditNativeBarcodeScannerCameraDemo.c

Detecting Barcodes in a camera image stream

This example uses the Scandit SDK to detect barcodes in frames from a camera.

This demo is currently limited to GNU/Linux systems with a Vidoe4Linux2 camera.

#include <stdio.h>
// Please insert your app key here:
#define SCANDIT_SDK_APP_KEY "INSERT YOUR APP KEY HERE"
// Please insert the desired camera resolutoin here:
#define CAMERA_WIDTH 1280
#define CAMERA_HEIGHT 720
int main() {
// Create the camera object.
// When no parameters are given, the camera is automatically detected.
// See sc_camera_new_from_path for more options.
ScCamera *camera = sc_camera_new();
if (camera == NULL) {
printf("No camera available.\n");
return -1;
}
// Get the supported resolutions and check
// if the desired resolution is supported
ScBool supported = SC_FALSE;
const uint32_t resolutions_size = 30;
ScSize resolutions[resolutions_size];
int32_t resolutions_found;
switch (resm) {
// The camera supports a small set of predefined resolutions
resolutions_found = sc_camera_query_supported_resolutions(camera, &resolutions[0], resolutions_size);
if (!resolutions_found) {
printf("There was an error getting the discrete resolution capabilities of the camera.\n");
return -1;
}
for (int i = 0; i < resolutions_found; i++) {
if (resolutions[i].width == CAMERA_WIDTH &&
resolutions[i].height == CAMERA_HEIGHT) {
supported = SC_TRUE;
break;
}
}
break;
// The camera supports a wide range of resolutiosn that are
// generated step-wise. Refer to documentation for further
// explanation.
printf("There was an error getting the stepwise resolution capabilities of the camera.\n");
return -1;
}
if (swres.min_width <= CAMERA_WIDTH &&
CAMERA_WIDTH <= swres.max_width &&
swres.min_height <= CAMERA_HEIGHT &&
CAMERA_HEIGHT <= swres.max_height &&
CAMERA_WIDTH % swres.step_width == 0 &&
CAMERA_HEIGHT % swres.step_height == 0
) {
supported = SC_TRUE;
}
break;
default:
printf("Could not get camera resolution mode.\n");
return -1;
}
// Set the resolution
if (!supported) {
printf("%dx%d is not supported by this camera.\nPlease specify a supported resolution in the source code.\n", CAMERA_WIDTH, CAMERA_HEIGHT);
return -1;
}
ScSize desired_resolution;
desired_resolution.width = CAMERA_WIDTH;
desired_resolution.height = CAMERA_HEIGHT;
if (!sc_camera_request_resolution(camera, desired_resolution)) {
printf("Setting resolution failed.\n");
return -1;
}
// Start streaming.
if (!sc_camera_start_stream(camera)) {
printf("Start the camera failed.\n");
return -1;
}
// Create the recognition context.
sc_recognition_context_new(SCANDIT_SDK_APP_KEY, "/tmp", NULL);
if (context == NULL) {
printf("Could not initialize context\n");
return -1;
}
// Create barcode scanner with EAN13/UPCA and QR code scanning enabled.
if (settings == NULL) {
return -1;
}
// We want to scan at most one code per frame.
// We favor the center area of the image for scanning.
ScRectangleF code_location = { .position.x = 0.f, .position.y = 0.4f,
.size.width = 1.0f, .size.height = 0.2f };
// We want to scan in the whole image.
// Our camera has no auto-focus.
// Codes are most likely oriented from left to right.
// Create a barcode scanner for our context and settings.
if (scanner == NULL) {
return -1;
}
// The scanner is setup asynchronous.
// We could wait here using sc_barcode_scanner_wait_for_setup_completed if needed.
// Access the barcode scanner session. It collects all the results.
// Signal a new frame sequence to the context.
// Create an image description that is reused for every frame.
while(SC_TRUE) {
// Get the latest camera frame data and description
const uint8_t *image_data = sc_camera_get_frame(camera, image_descr);
// Process the frame.
ScProcessFrameResult result = sc_recognition_context_process_frame(context, image_descr, image_data);
printf("Processing frame failed with error %d: '%s'\n", result.status,
}
// Get the results. If there is a barcode, print it!
int code_count = sc_barcode_array_get_size(new_codes);
for (int i = 0; i < code_count; i++) {
const ScBarcode * code = sc_barcode_array_get_item_at(new_codes, i);
printf("Barcode found: '%s'\n", data.str);
}
// Signal the camera that we are done reading the image buffer.
sc_camera_enqueue_frame_data(camera, image_data);
// Cleanup the memory we used.
}
// Signal to the context that the frame sequence is finished.
// Cleanup all objects.
}