Raghav, out of interest, why not write a decoder write to take <insert encoded format here> to <insert unencoded format here>? Is it just out of interest? Or perhaps that you feel the unencoded image capture would be less work for the library?
I really don't know things about media, but I'd be interested as to your rationale for why what the library provides isn't enough. Kris On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Appaholics <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the help Mark but I don't think that any of them would come close > to a raw format. I am not that knowledgable in photography though so maybe a > photographer who is on this list could help. > Thanks > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Cameras should support one or more of the ImageFormat types: >> >> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/ImageFormat.html >> >> as determined by calling getSupportedPictureFormats() on >> Camera.Parameters. setPictureFormat() on Camera indicates that Android >> supports JPEG, NV21, and RGB_565. >> >> I am no expert on image formats, so I have no idea if any of them >> qualify for any of the available definitions of "raw": >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format >> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Appaholics <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I have been going through Google searches and the Android docs but I am >> > still not clear on this. I would like to know if it is possible to get >> > the >> > raw image data from the camera using the Android SDK. Some of the >> > examples I >> > looked through said that it was possible but the image returned was >> > always a >> > jpg or png. >> > So can I get the raw image from the camera? >> > Thanks >> > >> > -- >> > ------------------ >> > Raghav Sood >> > CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles >> > required to have complete control) >> > http://www.raghavsood.com/ >> > https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics >> > http://www.appaholics.in/ >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.6 Available! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > ------------------ > Raghav Sood > CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles > required to have complete control) > http://www.raghavsood.com/ > https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics > http://www.appaholics.in/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
