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#ifndef ICL_OPENCVVIDEOWRITER_H
#define ICL_OPENCVVIDEOWRITER_H

#include <string>

#ifdef HAVE_OPENCV
#include <opencv/highgui.h>
#endif

#include <ICLIO/ImageOutput.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Uncopyable.h>



namespace icl{

  class OpenCVVideoWriter :public ImageOutput{
private:
	///OpenCV VideoWriter struct
	CvVideoWriter *writer;
public:

	/// Creates a new videowriter with given filename
	/** @param filename the filename to write to
	    @param fourcc this is translated into an instance of FOURCC
            possible is:
            * PIM1 (for mpeg 1)
            * MJPG (for motion jepg)
            * MP42 (for mpeg 4.2)
            * DIV3 (for mpeg 4.3)
            * DIVX (for mpeg 4)
            * U263 (for H263 codec)
            * I263 (for H263I codec)
            * FLV1 (for FLV1 code)
            * on linux: IYUV for IYUV codec ??
            * on windows: "" for open dialog

	    @param fps frames per second
	    @param frame_size size of the frames to be written out
	    @param frame_color currently only supported on windows 0 for greyscale else color
	 **/
	OpenCVVideoWriter(const std::string &filename, const std::string &fourcc,
	          double fps, Size frame_size, int frame_color=1) throw (ICLException);

	/// Destructor
	~OpenCVVideoWriter();

	/// writes the next image
	void write(const ImgBase *image);
        
        /// wraps write to implement ImageOutput interface
        virtual void send(const ImgBase *image) { write(image); }

	/// as write but in stream manner
	OpenCVVideoWriter &operator<<(const ImgBase *image);

};

}

#endif