Read Barcodes

To read barcodes

  1. Create a new configuration to send to Media Server with the process action, or open an existing configuration that you want to modify.

  2. In the [Session] section, add a new analysis task by setting the EngineN parameter. You can give the task any name, for example:

    [Session]
    Engine0=Ingest
    Engine1=Barcodes
  3. Create a new configuration section to contain the task settings and set the following parameters:

    Type The analysis engine to use. Set this parameter to barcode.
    Input (Optional) The image track to process. If you do not specify an input track, Media Server processes the first track of the correct type that is produced by the ingest engine.
    Orientation

    (Optional) The orientation of barcodes in the ingested media. If barcodes might appear at an orientation other than upright, set this parameter to any. Media Server will automatically detect the orientation (from 90-degree rotations, not arbitrary angles).

    Region (Optional) A region to process, instead of processing the whole image or video frame.

    For example:

    [Barcodes]
    Type=barcode
    Orientation=any

    For more information about the parameters that you can use to configure this task, refer to the Media Server Reference.

  4. Save and close the configuration file. Micro Focus recommends that you save your configuration files in the location specified by the ConfigDirectory parameter.