# OpenCV - Lucid IMX490 - Arenaview - For dummies

**URL:** <https://forum.opencv.org/t/opencv-lucid-imx490-arenaview-for-dummies/20398>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** videoio, genicam\
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/opencv-lucid-imx490-arenaview-for-dummies/20398 "2025-03-03T16:19:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Techfree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Techfree](https://forum.opencv.org/u/Techfree)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/opencv-lucid-imx490-arenaview-for-dummies/20398/1 "2025-03-03T16:19:52Z")

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Hi everybody, and thanks for admitting. I’m a absolute newbie and i need help. I’m trying to use a Lucid Triton IMX490 Altaview camera to test livestream functions. Lucid suggest me something to use but i’m not a developer / programmer. I need if it’s possibile a simple and quick procedure step by step to obtain a real-time processed and tone mapped livestream from the BayerRG24 or if i can obtain an usable video from a BayerRG24 saved MP4 video. Please help. Thanks

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**Author:** ![crackwitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/crackwitz/32/14_2.png) [@crackwitz](https://forum.opencv.org/u/crackwitz)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/opencv-lucid-imx490-arenaview-for-dummies/20398/2 "2025-03-03T16:33:18Z")

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> [@Techfree](#):
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> i’m not a developer / programmer

so no programming solutions then?

the camera does GigE Vision, so you’ll want to use a program that can talk GigE Vision.

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**Author:** ![Techfree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Techfree](https://forum.opencv.org/u/Techfree)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/opencv-lucid-imx490-arenaview-for-dummies/20398/3 "2025-03-03T17:06:07Z")

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Hi, thanks. Obviously next step is a programming solution but i’m a reseller and i need to try camera before delivery to obtain a stream.

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**Author:** ![crackwitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/crackwitz/32/14_2.png) [@crackwitz](https://forum.opencv.org/u/crackwitz)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/opencv-lucid-imx490-arenaview-for-dummies/20398/4 "2025-03-04T18:13:15Z")

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if I haven’t said it yet: I believe OpenCV _might have_ some `videoio` backends that support GigE Vision. might be named in non-obvious ways, _very likely_ requires that you compile OpenCV yourself. the official builds seem unlikely to bother including whatever third party libraries do the actual interfacing for this.

any machine vision programs should be able to talk to cameras adhering to the GigE Vision standard. such programs will probably be trial versions.

if you were so inclined, you could whip up a little program yourself (or have AI do it) that uses appropriate libraries. Python is an easy environment to create GUIs and interface with anything.

I haven’t tried this myself but the internet says this library: [GitHub - genicam/harvesters: Image Acquisition Library for GenICam-based Machine Vision System](https://github.com/genicam/harvesters) should do it. they even link to [a GUI they made](https://github.com/genicam/harvesters_gui). seems worth a look.

in my googling, I even found some trial version of a _virtual_ GigE Vision source, so you could have a test setup entirely without actual hardware.

and of course reddit has a discussion too, where they talk about `aravis`

> **[Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/computervision/comments/18w417m/licensefree_genicam_gige_vision_library/?rdt=49919)**