The need to capture a video stream from a camera in a C # application

Question

I need to create an application that meets the requirements below. This can be a Windows client, a Silverlight client, or a WPF client.

• The screen will show the video stream from two separate cameras in two separate windows.
• You must have functionality like PVR, which ... 2.1 Show live 2.2 Pause and play the previous 30 seconds of video

I'm trying to use the resources that I have, this is C # application development, but I have no experience with video capture.

Any library help I can look at, or the best way to do this.

Thanks Cronline

Answer 1

Basically you will need to use DirectShow.

Here are the useful links:

• Camera Vision - video surveillance in C #
• DirectX.Capture Class Library
• Capture real-time video from various video devices.
• C # and VB.NET Webcam Library and Sample

Also sometimes webcams come with an SDK, check it out.