Windows 10 Getting started - blank screens

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I have a orbbec astra pro, and am trying to get it setup for body tracking.

I have downloaded the astra SDK for windows, and none of the samples show anything beyond the blank screens.

Running the SimpleStreamViewer:
2018-04-26 20:30:52,595 WARN [context] Hold on to yer butts
2018-04-26 20:30:52,599 INFO [context] configuration path: C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\astra.toml
2018-04-26 20:30:52,604 INFO [context] log file path: astra.log
2018-04-26 20:30:52,606 INFO [context] astra_core library version: v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc API Level: 1
2018-04-26 20:30:52,608 INFO [context] astra_core_api library version: v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc API Level: 1
2018-04-26 20:30:52,611 INFO [context] plugin search paths C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins;C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin
2018-04-26 20:30:52,621 DEBUG [plugin_manager] load plugins
2018-04-26 20:30:52,623 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins\openni_sensor.dll
2018-04-26 20:30:52,631 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins\openni_sensor.dll System could not load library. Perhaps a dependency is missing.
2018-04-26 20:30:52,639 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins\OrbbecBodyTracking.dll
2018-04-26 20:30:52,656 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin valid plugin
2018-04-26 20:30:52,658 INFO [plugin_manager] loading plugin: C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins\OrbbecBodyTracking.dll version: v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc API level: 1
2018-04-26 20:30:53,171 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin initialized plugin
2018-04-26 20:30:53,174 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins\orbbec_hand.dll
2018-04-26 20:30:53,191 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin valid plugin
2018-04-26 20:30:53,193 INFO [plugin_manager] loading plugin: C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins\orbbec_hand.dll version: v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc API level: 1
2018-04-26 20:30:53,204 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin initialized plugin
2018-04-26 20:30:53,207 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins\orbbec_xs.dll
2018-04-26 20:30:53,216 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin valid plugin
2018-04-26 20:30:53,218 INFO [plugin_manager] loading plugin: C:\Users\Username\Desktop\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\AstraSDK-v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc-20180402T215251Z-vs2015-win64\bin\Plugins\orbbec_xs.dll version: v2.0.9-beta3-427db81acc API level: 1
2018-04-26 20:30:53,228 INFO [astra.xs.plugin] Initializing xs plugin
2018-04-26 20:30:53,230 DEBUG [plugin_manager] try_load_plugin initialized plugin
2018-04-26 20:30:53,573 INFO [context] client opening streamset: device/default
2018-04-26 20:30:53,576 INFO [streamset_catalog] default uri provided.
2018-04-26 20:30:53,578 INFO [astra.streamset] connecting to (7,0) on device/sensor0
2018-04-26 20:30:53,581 DEBUG [astra.streamset] registering stream (7, 0) on device/sensor0
2018-04-26 20:30:53,584 DEBUG [astra.stream_connection] 0000023A747542F0 starting (7, 0)
2018-04-26 20:30:53,587 INFO [astra.streamset] connecting to (1,0) on device/sensor0
2018-04-26 20:30:53,590 DEBUG [astra.streamset] registering stream (1, 0) on device/sensor0
2018-04-26 20:30:53,594 DEBUG [astra.stream_connection] 0000023A74752EF0 starting (1, 0)
2018-04-26 20:30:53,597 INFO [astra.streamset] connecting to (2,0) on device/sensor0
2018-04-26 20:30:53,599 DEBUG [astra.streamset] registering stream (2, 0) on device/sensor0
2018-04-26 20:30:53,603 DEBUG [astra.stream_connection] 0000023A74754070 starting (2, 0)
2018-04-26 20:30:53,606 INFO [astra.streamset] connecting to (3,0) on device/sensor0
2018-04-26 20:30:53,609 DEBUG [astra.streamset] registering stream (3, 0) on device/sensor0
2018-04-26 20:31:19,851 DEBUG [plugin_manager] dtor
2018-04-26 20:31:19,855 DEBUG [plugin_manager] unload_all_plugins: terminating
2018-04-26 20:31:19,858 INFO [orbbec.bodytracking.BodyTrackingPlugin] poof destroyed
2018-04-26 20:31:19,932 INFO [hand_tracker] Hand Plugin terminated
2018-04-26 20:31:19,934 INFO [astra.xs.plugin] Terminated xs plugin
2018-04-26 20:31:19,936 DEBUG [plugin_manager] unload_all_plugins: profiling cleanup
2018-04-26 20:31:19,939 DEBUG [plugin_manager] unload_all_plugins: closing shared libraries
2018-04-26 20:31:19,949 DEBUG [plugin_manager] unload_all_plugins: clearing plugin list
2018-04-26 20:31:19,952 DEBUG [plugin_manager] unload_all_plugins: done
2018-04-26 20:31:19,955 INFO [context] Astra terminated.
2018-04-26 20:31:19,956 WARN [context] attempt to destroy a non-existent reader: 0000023A74600B80

So I downloaded OpenNI and tried to run the simple viewer:
After initialization:

SimpleViewer: Couldn’t find color stream:
Device: Can’t find this source 2
Context: Couldn’t create stream from device:95f113a0, source: 2

SimpleViewer: No valid streams. Exiting

Then I started google hangouts to validate that the camera worked, and I could see myself.

When I run the SimpleRead.exe I get a stream of numbers that change when I wave my hand around away from the camera.

All of the astra-tests fail

I’m stuck, I don’t know what else to try.

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The Astra Pro does not support openni Color streams it uses USB native video streams instead which would need opencv to work with.

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Does that mean none of the demos will work for the astra pro? I’m getting blank screens on each, so I’m assuming the answer is yes…

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The OpenNI demos should show depth and infrared - but no color.

The 2.0.9 SDK has some examples that should work - and the WINDOWS driver version has a viewer that should work.

Westa

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Just for others who may stumble upon this post - get the OpenNI demos, and look at ClosestPointViewer, you can see a video from the depth perspective, pretty neat. I’ll also try to post some sample code as I find more issues.