| VideoLab |
VideoLab is a very fast video capture, playback, processing, and visualization component library.
Free for non-commercial use. |
| AudioLab |
AudioLab is a very fast audio capture, playback, processing, and visualization component library.
Free for non-commercial use. |
| SignalLab |
SignalLab is a very fast Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and visualization component library.
Free for non-commercial use. |
| VisionLab |
VisionLab is a very fast basic computer vision component library.
Free for non-commercial use. |
| PlotLab |
PlotLab is a very fast data visualization component library.
Free for non-commercial use. |
| InstrumentLab |
InstrumentLab is a visual instrumentation component library.
Free for non-commercial use. |
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| Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
| ITDevCon day 2 |
Hi folks,
Ohhhh boy... It this conference a great fun!
The second day is just kicking in, and I am in the Pawel Glowacki's session on "Delphi Natural Input". Although I have seen sessions on the subject before, Pawel is a great speaker, and being at his session is a real joy.
We also visited Verona after the sessions last night. We went there from 8 PM to midnight. The city obviously has a great night life, and it is very beautiful. I hopefully will have chance to see it at daytime, and make better pictures than the poor night time ones I did with my cameta. Hopefully I will have something to post here :-) .
The Italian people a great! They are very friendly, and I had a lot of joy. It is also great to be able to drink real Italian coffe again, and have real Italian pizza :-) .
I will be doing 3 sessions today. The good news is that there will be at least one gap, and they are not completely one after another. Yestarday after 2 sessions back to back I was exausted :-D . The Italian wine we had after the sessions however surely helped me recover fast :-D .
Ok... Time to focus back on the sessions. More to come later.
Cheers,
Boian |
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| Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
| ITDevCon Day 1 |
Hi folks,
I have made it to Italy and now I am at ITDevCon, enjoying the Italian hospitality, the beautiful weather today, and the first great sessions :-) .
Later today I will have to do my first 2 sessions on Artificial Intelligence, and Video and Audio processing with Delphi.
If you are at ITDevCon, I hope you will join and enjoy the sessions :-) .
The BitTime folks have surprised me with a small table for my marketing materials, and you are welcome to stop by for a chat :-) .
I will see to post some updates as the conference goes.
Cheers,
Boian |
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| Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| IGDI+ available on SourceForge |
Hi folks,
I have added IGDI+ to SourceForge and now it is available there both
as download and Subversion repository:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/igdiplus/
I hope you will enjoy the project, and some will contribute to the development.
With best regards,
Boian Mitov
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| Sunday, October 25, 2009 |
| The first Lazarus version of OpenWire is available. |
Hi folks,
The first Lazarus compatible version of OpenWire is available in SourceForge SVN:
https://openwireproject.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/openwireproject
This is the first attempt to get the library Lazarus compatible and to compile under Delphi and Lazarus from the same code base.
There are some issues. It has also been tested under Windows only. I am working on a Linux version, but it is not available yet.
Cheers,
Boian |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 10:40 PM |
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| OpenWire available on SourceForge |
Hi folks,
OpenWire is now available on SourceForge :
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openwireproject/
You can use SVN to access the files, and create patches.
Please let me know if you are interested to get involved in the development.
Cheers,
Boian |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 10:39 PM |
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
| Come to see my presentations at ITDevCon. |
 Hi folks,
I am glad to announce that I will be doing 5 sessions at IDDevCon in Verona Italy.
- Artificial Intelligence with Delphi
- Video and Audio processing with Delphi
- Delphi friendly GDI+ with the free open source IGDI+ library
- Developing multithreaded applications with Delphi
- Computer Vision with Delphi
I hope you will join and enjoy the sessions :-) .
With best regards,
Boian Mitov |
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| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| Version 4.3.1 released |
Hi folks,
We have just released a minor update of the libraries. Mainly debugger visualizers for RAD Studio 2010 have been updated.
With bets regards,
Boian Mitov |
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| Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| Version 4.3 released |
Hi folks,
We have just released version 4.3 of the libraries.
There are also new versions of OpenWire and IGDIPlus released.
InstrumentLab is now available in Visual C++ and .NET versions.
Cheers,
Boian |
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| Saturday, September 26, 2009 |
| False virus warning when installing Version 4.2 P4 or 4.3 |
Dear customers,
If you have existing installation of 4.0.1 on your system, please delete the LabPacks directory before doing the 4.2 P4 or 4.3 install.
If you don't do that you may get false virus warnings from some anti-virus applications.
They will detect the virus in the old executables that are in about to be overwritten with clecn version by the installer.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
With best regards,
Boian Mitov |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 2:07 PM |
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| Sunday, September 13, 2009 |
| TBitmap Debug Visualizer for Delphi and C++ Builder 2010 |
Hi folks,
Over the weekend I have cr eated a set of debug visualizers for SignalLab, AudioLab, and VideoLab buffers, and I also created a TBitmap debug visualizer.
The TBitmap visualizer is posted as open source at http://www.mitov.com/html/free_downloads.html .
I plan to expand it so it can handle not only TBitmap, but also TIcon, TImage, TImageList etc.
I hope to have updates soon.
Cheers,
Boian |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 11:56 PM |
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| Saturday, September 12, 2009 |
| CodeRage 4 is over |
Hi folks,
CodeRage 4 is over, and the session replays are now available at:
http://conferences.embarcadero.com/coderage/sessions
I have also posted the source code of the sessions on www.mitov.com :
http://www.mitov.com/CodeRage4_ArtificialIntelligence.zip
http://www.mitov.com/CodeRage4_OpenWire.zip
I hope you will enjoy watching the replays, and using the code.
Cheers,
Boian |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 2:41 PM |
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| Monday, September 07, 2009 |
| Join CodeRage 4 for free and see our sessions! |
Hi folks,
The CodeRage 4 is here, and it is free.
This time I have 4 sessions and I hope you will enjoy them.
There will be 2 sessions showcasing some of our products, and some of their more advanced and exciting features.
You will see how the libraries can be combined to empower each other, how you can add InstrumentLab components directly in the video, or how you can add video in the InstrumentLab, or PlotLab components.
You will learn how you can create composite instruments, or scope components and much more.
There will be also session on developing OpenWire components, and another one showing how to write Artificial Intelligence in Delphi.
I hope you will enjoy the sessions.
Cheers,
Boian |
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| Sunday, August 23, 2009 |
| Are you affected by the Virus? |
Hi folks,
Here is how you can check if your system is affected by the virus.
1. If you don't have Delphi 5, Delphi 6 or Delphi 7 on your system, you are not affected.
2. If you have Delphi 5-7 installed, check the $(Delphi)\Lib directory for SysConst.bak file.
If the SysConst.bak is not there, your system is not infected.
If you are infected here are the steps you can take to disinfect the system.
1. If you have downloaded the Delphi version of the libraries version 4.0.1 please download updated version 4.2 Prerelease 4 from www.mitov.com .
2. Delete the $(Delphi)\Lib\SysConst.dcu
3. Rename $(Delphi)\Lib\SysConst.bak to $(Delphi)\Lib\SysConst.dcu
4. Use an anti-virus scanner to scan your system for any other executables that may contain the compiled code.
Currently only some of the anti-virus software applications detect the virus. The online PandaSoftware scanner does not detect it as of today. I have detected it with Avast - http://www.avast.com/ as it seems to be the first AV package to detect this virus.
Avast has free 60 days trail, and can be used to detect any infected executable. There should be very small number of those since the virus does not infect executables, and only modifies the SysConst.dcu file.
Once again, we are really sorry for the problems, but we had no way of detecting the presence of the malicious code since no anti-virus software was able to detect it :-( .
With best regards,
Boian Mitov |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 3:41 PM |
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| Saturday, August 22, 2009 |
| New versions available |
Hi folks,
I am pleased to announce that all Delphi libraries have been updated, and are available for download at http://www.mitov.com .
In this version the libraries include some significant upgrades.
VideoLab has screen capture functionality added.
Both VideoLab and AudioLab have new components for sending, receiving data to/from any DirectShow filter.
The ImageDisplay now can be added as a layer, and effects can be applied to it.
The Scope, Waterfall, AngularGauge, AnalogClock and GlassPanel can host components internally, even when rendered in a layer or Matrix.
All InstrumentLab components can be hosted inside Scope, Waterfall, AngularGauge, AnalogClock or GlassPanel, or rendered in a Matrix.
SegmentText, Spectrum, and Matrix components have been added to InstrumentLab.
The new Matrix component can render Text, Images, Video, or any PlotLab or InstrumentLab component.
ImageDisplay can be rendered inside Scope, Waterfall, AngularGauge, AnalogClock or GlassPanel.
ImageDisplay can be rendered in a Matrix display.
More hands can be added to an AngularGauge, including additional data sources, or Min/Max hands.
Those are only some of the new features in this release.
We are also working on updated .NET and VC++ releases. We have succeeded in porting the InstrumentLab to .NET and VC++, and prereleases are available on request.
With best regards,
Boian Mitov |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 11:17 PM |
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| Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| Virus attack! |
Dear customers,
We have discovered that the Delphi versions of the installs have been infected by a Delphi specific virus.
Unfortunately the virus was not detected by the Anti virus programs until yesterday. The only good news is that the Virus is fairly harmless and can't infect any file on the system. Instead if Delphi 5-7 is found on the system the virus modifies one of the library DCUs so any newly built application will contain the virus code.
We have removed all the affected downloads, and have started work on a new set of installs that are expected to be ready by the end of next week, since the full cycle of testing takes many days. In the mean time anybody interested in new version can contact me at mitov@mitov.com to receive updated install.
We are sorry for the inconvenience, but we had no way of detecting the virus since no AV software was detecting it until now.
With best regards,
Boian Mitov |
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| Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| My birthday |
Hi folks,
It is time to see how many people actually check out this blog ;-) .
Well... It is my birthday, let see if I will get any respond here or over e-mail ;-) .
This year the gifts however will be for you. I have added a number of tutorials for VideoLab, AudioLab and SignalLab - http://www.mitov.com/html/tutorials.html, and I am working on more tutorials both for Visual Studio (C#, VB.NET, J#, C++/CLI) and RAD Studio (Delphi and C++ Builder).
The Scope component is also getting a major overhaul. Some down-sampling has been added and the component can now work very fast with more than 1 million samples. More down-sampling will be added and we expect further speed improvements. There are also number of other features added, including rectangular zones for marking and axis interactions. We are also working on adding more axis to the scope, and associating the channels with them.
The libraries are also getting more demos added. With all of this and a lot of fixes and improvements across the libraries, we hope that the next release will be even more fun to use. Our current plan is to have release around the end of January, but it may depend of how the testing will go. As usual we will not release until we are 100% satisfied with the quality.
Cheers,
Boian |
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| Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
| Version 3.1 is finally here! |
We have finally released Version 3.1 of the libraries.
All the libraries are now officially released for .NET 2.0, and ohh... boy do we have a lot of new stuff in .NET !
We have all the assemblies signed.
The DLLs are assembly resources.
The assemblies now are registered in the GAC and Visual Studio will pick them automatically.
All the design editors working in .NET .
The binary data of the components is stored in the form resources.
The Image properties are working properly.
All the properties and components have descriptions.
The pin connections are now stored in the resources solving the CodeDOM problems in the previous version.
The after pin connections are working.
All the examples are now available in .NET
The installation process is significantly improved.
And we even have improved the help files ;-) .
It took 4 more weeks than expected to get it all done, but we are sure you will love the result :-) .
Please try the new .NET versions, and enjoy them :-) .
We have not forgotten the VCL and the Visual C++ users either.
In this version we have:
added full RAD Studio 2007 support
enhanced the help
added number of new demos
new component editors
added 5 new components in AudioLab
improved the SignalLab filter designers
There are also many other fixes across the libraries.
Cheers,
Boian |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 9:29 AM |
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| Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| We have moved |
Hi folks,
We have moved to a new location in Berkeley.
Here is our new address:
Mitov Software
2020 Kittredge St. #239
Berkeley, CA 94704
Our office is now setup in the new location and fully operational again.
Cheers,
Boian Mitov |
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| Wednesday, June 13, 2007 |
| On the go |
Hi folks,
I will be visiting China for the next 25 days, and will be back on July 10. I expect to have reasonable connectivity during that time, and will try to handle any customer requests, as well as will dispatch some issues to people working for me, however some delays may be encountered. I am sorry for the inconvenience.
With best regards,
Boian Mitov |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 6:01 PM |
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| BDS 2007 Edition available |
A new BDS 2007 Edition of the libraries for is available now.
The edition supports Delphi 2007 and C++ Builder 2007. |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 5:58 PM |
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| Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| Version 3.0 is finally available! |
We finally released the 3.0 version of all the libraries.
This is by far the biggest release we have ever done. All the libraries have grown, with the VisionLab more than tripling in functionality. There is a new threading model, new improved buffering, new video formats, AudioLab supports multichannel (More than 2 channels) audio, and many more new features.
For first time all the libraries are also available for .NET 2.0 as Betas.
All the libraries also support Delphi 2007.
I hope you will enjoy!
Please stay tuned for more... |
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| Monday, March 26, 2007 |
| Delphi 2007 support |
The Delphi 2007 is here and rocks!
We have all our components ported to D2007 and prerelease is available per request. The support will be part of the upcoming 3.0 version. |
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| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
| An OpenWire overhaul |
The OpenWire core has gone in a major overhaul in the last 2 weeks. The original code was written years ago and has gone trough incremental changes since then. It finally become apparent that the implementation needs to be improved in order the library to continue to succeed. As result of the overhaul the loading time of large projects has decreased 10 fold :-) The code is also more readable and expandable than it was before. The new version also allow specifying the order in which the Sink pins will receive the data. We are also considering other changes in the coming days. The new version seems very stable, but we will continue stress testing in the next few days before we release a new Beta .
Stay tuned for more updates! |
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| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| More on the Wiki Doc |
| The Wiki Doc integration tool slowly takes shape. The basic tool is ready as prototype and is able to upload changes from our help and to detect collisions with the Wiki changes. The next step is to allow collision resolution. Hopefully the Wiki site will be opened for editing soon :-) |
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We just added Amplitude mode decibels support in SignalLab. I am also working to get HLS Histogram support in VideoLab. This should be a nice addition ;-)
We also have added ASF Player component in VideoLab and now can support IP streams with authentication including IP Cameras. As a next step we will be exploring the VideoLAN integration.
Stay tuned form more news. |
| posted by Boian Mitov @ 8:46 PM |
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| Moving to IPP 5.1 |
| We are finally officially moving to IPP 5.1 . It took a while to port all the object files and to make changes in the libraries. So far only 3 components are not working properly under 5.1 and we will be working to fix those in the next few days. |
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| Wednesday, December 06, 2006 |
| LabPacks Wiki Doc Beta is here :-) |
We are starting a pilot Beta program for Wiki LabPacks documentation.
We have exported mist of the help files to Wiki and they are available here:
http://turbomirror.com/wikidoc/index.php
This is read only version for now. We will be working to export the rest of the Help files and to get synchronization tools to keep the future changes in sync. Once this is done we will enable the site for editing.
Please send your recommendations to mitov@mitov.com |
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| Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| And the arrival of SignalLab.NET ;-) |
Finally SignalLab is also ported. I will post demo applications running on it soon. From here on it's testing and bug fixing as well as work on installers, generic filters, demos and documentations, and I just thought the tough part was over ;-) . Visit the Blog again to see snapshots of more test applications. |
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| Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| And even more LabPacks.NET |
  There has been enormous progress in the porting of the libraries. Now all VideoLab and AudioLab components are ported with the exception of the Generic Filters. The .NET generic filters obviously will have to be written from scratch in Managed code, although in C++/CLI they should allow native callbacks through the IJW technology. This means that there will be some time before they are ready, as they will also require some form of .NET video, audio and signal buffers. Never the less the progress so far is significant.
There are still 6 components from VideoLab and AudioLab that did not port without some manual changes. We will be working to improve the parser to get them to convert correctly. Obviously the next frontier is poring SignalLab - the most component rich of them all ;-) .
Stay tuned for more updates, and if you are interested in getting .NET prerelease of the libraries, please contact me at mitov@mitov.com . |
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| Wednesday, November 29, 2006 |
| More progress on LabPacks.NET |
Here is the latest set of converted components, and here is a running application using VideoLab, AudioLab and PlotLab in combination :-) . 
More coming soon. |
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| Temporary Blog |
| Well... After some digging around for a good PHP blog, I decided for now to use Blogger until I find anything better. Hopefully the search will be over soon. I think it is better to have a bad Blog than not at all ;-) . What do you think? |
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| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 |
| VideoLab .NET in porgress again |
 VideoLab .NET is again under active development. The first few components are already converted tested and even have new .NET 16x16 palette bitmaps.
We hope to have some early prerelease available in the next few days. I plan to spend the rest of the week refining the "VCL in .NET" code converter and writing installation script for the library.
Here you can see a Snapshot of a C# .NET 2.0 project with the PlotLab and the few ported VideoLab components on the Toolbox.
The library has exactly the same performance under .NET as in native Win32 application. This is due to the fact that all the video processing is performed in native thread while the application runs in Managed code. This allows creating of true real time video processing applications using any .NET 2.0 tool such as C# or Visual Basic.NET.
Stay tuned for more updates.
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| Welocome |
Welcome to the Mitov Software Blog.
Here I plan to post updates on the development of the Mitov Software products. |
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