Kinect 1+openNI+windows 8.1

vvvv beta question
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Hello,

i’d like to know if kinect 1 works on windows 8.1 with OpenNI’s drivers or just with microsoft windows sdk. What OpenNI’s drivers should I install, if it also works with OpenNI. I looked online but did not understand. Thanks

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hi saxlion,
yes, openni works on win8.1, use the last released drivers, there is some bug in the installer - it writes incomplete path info to the PATH system variable and as a result the installed dlls are not found.
follow the guide&links here: kinect

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Ok thanks, but the last openNI’s drivers are OpenNI 2.2.0.33 Beta and i don’t know if SensorPrimesense-win32-5.1.0.41-redist.msi and NITE 1.5.2.21 are compatible with windows 8.1 and openNI 2.2. Which one should I choose configurations:

OpenNI-win32-1.5.2.23-redist.msi
SensorPrimesense-win32-5.1.0.41-redist.msi
NITE 1.5.2.21

or

OpenNI 2.2.0.33 Beta
SensorPrimesense-win32-5.1.0.41-redist.msi
NITE 1.5.2.21

Is it better to use microsoft sdk (1.8 or 2) or OpenNI?

Thanks a lot

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Saxlion, as I remember, you’ll have to diasble Driver Signature Verification on win8.1:
http://www.greenfoot.org/doc/kinect/windows.html
OpenNi2 works in conjunction with Microsoft Kinect 1.7 driver. However I never succeded to make it work with vvvv. Try this combination:
OpenNI-win32-1.5.2.23-redist.msi
SensorPrimesense-win32-5.1.0.41-redist.msi
NITE 1.5.2.21
Should be OK.
OpenNI and Microsoft are quite different, but basically they do the same rgb, depth, player, skeleton tracking. Some programs prefere OpenNi, some Microsoft drivers.

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Thanks a lot!!!

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Hello,
Saxlion seemed to be succeeded,
but I’m encounering a problem with Kinect 1 + OpenNI + Windows8.1.
Please help me…

I installed OpenNI, SensorPrimesense and NITE (with diasbling Driver Signature Verification on win8.1).
And It seemed to be succeeded. Sample programs of OpenNI (Sample-PointViewer.exe, etc…) worked fine.

But with vvvv, it didn’t work.
String from output pin “Driver:” of node “Kinect (Devices OpenNI)” was blank.

My system is:

Windows8.1 Pro x64
Kinect 1 (Kinect for XBOX 360)

OpenNI-win32-1.5.2.23-redist.msi
SensorPrimesense-win32-5.1.0.41-redist.msi
NITE 1.5.2.21

vvvv_45beta33.7_x86
addons_45beta33.7_x86
vvvv.packs_.image_b33-x86

FYI:
With Windows7 laptop, it works fine.
So I think it is a problem with Windows8.1, maybe.

thanks,