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Hi,
I'm trying to preview 4K camera in WinForms application or host WPF component in WinForms if needed.
I found C++ CaptureEngineVideoCapture sample in Windows-classic-samples which uses DirectX and works fine.
The idea is to create dll from CaptureEngineVideoCapture sample and load it in my WinForms app.
Is this possible? What would be the best way to preview/render 4K camera stream in WinForms (or WPF)?
Does the DirectShow sample PlayCap work ?
If it works, it will be simpler to convert it into C# (I could do it with P/Invoke)
There is also SimpleCapture but the colors are bad on my PC (I have no Webcam and I tested with a Virtual Camera...)
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Hi iz111,
You can use a library Camera_Net for working with cameras and video-inputs in .NET.
This Library uses DirectShow which renders video streams from cameras.
More details you can refer to this link.
Best Regards,
Daniel Zhang