aperture_init ()

void
aperture_init (int *argc,
               char ***argv);

Initializes the Aperture library, if it hasn't been initialized already.

This will initialize GStreamer for you. If you don't want this, initialize GStreamer yourself before calling aperture_init().

Since: 0.1

aperture_is_initialized ()

gboolean
aperture_is_initialized (void);

Gets whether Aperture is initialized.

Since: 0.1

aperture_is_barcode_detection_enabled ()

gboolean
aperture_is_barcode_detection_enabled (void);

Determines whether the barcode detection features of Aperture are enabled.

This is based on whether the zbar element is available to GStreamer. It is part of the gst-plugins-bad package. Note that many distributions don't enable the zbar component of gst-plugins-bad by default, because it needs an extra dependency (the zbar library). You may need to find a gst-plugins-bad-extras package or similar, or compile that particular plugin yourself. For a Flatpak example, see the demo application in Aperture's source code.

Note that Aperture itself does *not* need to be recompiled to enable barcode detection. It is based solely on whether the GStreamer plugin is available.

Since: 0.1

aperture_barcode_type_from_string ()

ApertureBarcode
aperture_barcode_type_from_string (const char *string);

enum ApertureBarcode

Represents the type of a barcode detected in a video stream.

Different barcode types are used for different purposes and different types of data, so it is important to check a barcode's type before attempting to use its data.

Since: 0.1