SharpCap does not recognise Flee3 cameras

[rincewind]

I have downloaded the prerequisite file for Point Grey cameras and I have tried 2.10 and 3.0 beta they both provide the following error message

Object reference not set to an instance of an object

I have restarted to Camera and SharpCap but still the same. I checked with Fire capture and it works OK

[admin]

Ah, interesting...

looking over the log from your bug report I can see this entry near the top

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FlyCapture2Managed.FC2Exception: Unsupported Hardware Interface.

That's telling me that SharpCap isn't able to talk to your PointGrey camera directly, so you are ending up using the camera via the DirectShow driver. So... We have two bugs to work out

1) Why can't SharpCap talk to your PGR camera directly?
2) Why does the Directshow driver crash when talking to it.

I think I know the answer to bug 2) and will attempt to fix it.

Bug 1) is more interesting. Can you share the exact model number of your camera and check the version of the Point Grey camera drivers you have installed? I think that SharpCap will need drivers 2.4.3 or newer (according to this https://www.ptgrey.com/KB/10275). Also there are two Point Grey programming SDKs and SharpCap only supports one of them (FlyCapture). If your camera only supports the other (Spinnaker) then this might cause problem 1).

thanks,

Robin