###Delphi-OpenCV (master)

• OpenCV version - 2.4.8
  
• Development environment - Delphi XE2-XE5
  

#####Contributors:

Laentir Valetov
email: laex@bk.ru

Mikhail Grigorev
email: sleuthhound@gmail.com

####How to install: 1.Download the archive Delphi-OpenCV-master.zip
2.Unzip it to a convenient directory, thus get the following directory structure

<Directory, such as 'C:\OpenCV\' - <PROJECT_ROOT>>
		<bin>
		<component>
		<include>
		<opencv_classes>
		<samples>

3.Add the search path for the modules of the project in Delphi IDE (Tools-Options-Delphi Options-Library-Library path)

<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\core
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\highgui
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\imgproc
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\legacy
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\nonfree
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\objdetect
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\calib3d
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\contrib
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\video
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\ml
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\stitching
<PROJECT_ROOT>\component

where <PROJECT_ROOT> directory, which was unzipped project.

Additionally, you can specify the path to the library header files FFMPEG

<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\ffmpeg
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\ffmpeg\ctypes
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\ffmpeg\libavcodec
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\ffmpeg\libavfilter
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\ffmpeg\libavformat
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\ffmpeg\libavutil
<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\ffmpeg\libswscale

Examples of using FFMPEG library header files are in the

<PROJECT_ROOT>\Delphi-OpenCV-master\Include\ffmpeg\examples

4.Open in Delphi IDE and compile:
Examples of the use of certain functions and procedures

<PROJECT_ROOT>\samples\LibDemo.groupproj

Examples of the use of video processing algorithms

<PROJECT_ROOT>\samples\MultiDemo.groupproj

Examples of the use of video processing algorithms using VCL.Forms

<PROJECT_ROOT>\samples\VCLDemo.groupproj

Examples of use of components.
To install the components, open and install

<PROJECT_ROOT>\Include\component\OpenCV.dpk
<PROJECT_ROOT>\samples\ComponentDemo.groupproj