Capture video

[Yevgeny Efter]

Hello! I would like to capture video from a camera, but I just can't find information about it... I found some articles, but there are no explanations there... Maybe anybody knows where can I find information about it? Thanks in advance!

[Like2Byte]

I depends on the equipment you're using. If you're using a USB camera then you're halfway there. The two biggie webcam manufacturers provide SDKs for their cameras; but, one involves signing an NDA. The other is freely available. (But, of course, I forget who at the moment.) Other cameras (analog) would require digitizers, which, I imagine, would be rather expensive. Compound that with whether an SDK is available. Then of course, IP camera's are a whole other beast.

[Yevgeny Efter]

What about DirectX? Does it give me any tools?

[Mark Salsbery]

There's Video for Windows (VFW) if the device supports it. In DirectX there's DirectShow (SDK is in the Platform SDK, not the DirectX SDK) which will work with both legacy VFW drivers as well as WDM drivers. Mark

[Haroon Sarwar]

DirectShow is probably the best way... http://www.codeproject.com/audio/DXCapture.asp

[Yevgeny Efter]

Thanks a lot! I will try it...

Have a nice day!