Open Azure Kinect

Open playback functions for Azure Kinect.

It is possible to playback Azure Kinect videos files (mkv) without using the official SDK. This allows the software to be used on systems where the depth engine is not implemented, such as MacOS. The library currently only supports the playback of mkv files and does not provide direct access to the Azure Kinect device.

The following functions are currently supported:

• Reading colour, infrared and depth stream from mkv
• Reading calibration data from mkv

Installation

pip install open-azure-kinect

Usage

In order to load an MKV file, it is necessary to create a new instance of the OpenK4APlayback class.

from openk4a.playback import OpenK4APlayback

azure = OpenK4APlayback("my-file.mkv")
azure.open()

After that, it is possible to read the available stream information.

for stream in azure.streams:
    print(stream)

And read the actual capture information (image data).

while capture := azure.read():
    # read color frame as numpy array
    color_image = capture.color

Development and Examples

To run the examples or develop the library please install the dev-requirements.txt and requirements.txt.

pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
pip install -r requirements.txt

There is already an example script demo.py which provides insights in how to use the library.