VisioForge Video Capture SDK major features include:

• Preview
• Video capture to
  • AVI (using audio/video codecs like MJPEG, DivX, XviD, x264)
  • WMV (support of custom WMV profiles. You can configure streams to use variable bit rate encoding (VBR), uncompressed audio or video stream, video size, buffer size, frame rate, etc.)
  • DV and MPEG from DV/HDV Camcorders and TV Tuners with internal MPEG Encoder (DirectCapture technology)
  • DV (from any video capture device)
  • MPEG-1/2/4 (including VCD/SVCD/DVD profiles) and FLV using FFMPEG wrapper
  • WebM
  • custom output formats (using 3rd-party DirectShow filters)
• Audio capture to
  • WAV (compressed or not)
  • MP3 (using LAME)
• Frame capture to Bitmap class, BMP, JPEG and PNG files
• Video processing and effects
  • graphic overlay
  • text overlay
  • video transparency
  • brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, etc.
  • deinterlace
  • denoise
  • pan / zoom
  • resize to any resolution
  • chroma-key
  • 3-rd party DirectShow filters support
• Audio processing and effects
  • volume booster
  • equalizer
  • 3D-bass system
• TV Tuning
  • TV channels selecting
  • video formats selecting
  • input selection (TV-Tuner, FM-Tuner, S-Video, etc.)
  • TV frequency overrides
  • auto-tuning
• Video capture device control
  • video input (crossbar interface)
  • video format
  • frame rate
  • supports video cards with several inputs
  • camera control (brightness, saturation, etc.)
• Network streaming in WMV format
• Motion detection
• Custom interfaces support
• OSD (On-Screen Display)
• PIP (Picture-In-Picture)
• Screen capture
• Multiply output screens support

Supported input devices

• DV and HDV MPEG-2 camcorders
• USB web-cameras and other capture devices
• PCI capture cards
• TV Tuners (with and without internal MPEG Encoder)
• JPEG/MJPEG, MPEG-4 and H.264 HTTP / RTSP IP cameras, HD cams supported
• Audio capture devices and sound cards

Development platforms

• Visual Studio .NET 2003/2005/2008/2010/2012: Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual Basic .NET
• Delphi 6 / 7 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2009 / 2010 / XE / XE2 / XE3
• Visual Studio 6: Visual C++, Visual Basic 6
• Borland C++ Builder 5 and later
• may be used with other ActiveX compatible applications like Microsoft Access, Word, Excel, FrontPage, Powerbuilder, etc.

System requirements

• Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP (x86 and x64), Windows XP MCE, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98
• .Net Framework 2.0 or later
• DirectX 9 or later

Distribution rights

Royalty-free distribution.

Trial limitations

Trial version overlay a nag-screen over the video window.

Editions

Supported input devices

Video preview

Frame grabbing

Video processing and effects

Audio processing and effects

HD video support

TV Tuning

Network streaming in WMV format

Chroma-key

Motion detection

Video processing using external DirectShow filters

OSD (On-Screen Display)

Picture-In-Picture

Changing output file name on-the-fly

Multiple output screens

Output formats

Downloads (trial version overlay a logo)

Purchase one year subscription

Standard

Web cameras
TV tuners
DV and MPEG camcorders
Screen capture

AVI
WMV (Windows Media Video)
WAV
MP3 (LAME)

ActiveX version
Delphi version

€175
One Developer Subscription
€350
Team Subscription

Professional

Web cameras
TV tuners
DV and MPEG camcorders
Screen capture
HTTP and RTSP IP cameras
Network streams

AVI
WMV (Windows Media Video)
WAV
MP3 (LAME)
DV video
DV / MPEG-1/2/4 (using TV tuner with internal MPEG encoder or DV/HDV camcorder)
Flash Video (FLV) using FFMPEG
WebM
Custom output formats using external DirectShow filters

ActiveX version
Delphi version

€250
One Developer Subscription
€500
Team Subscription

Premium

Web cameras
TV tuners
DV and MPEG camcorders
Screen capture
HTTP and RTSP IP cameras
Network streams

AVI
WMV (Windows Media Video)
WAV
MP3 (LAME)
DV video
DV / MPEG-1/2/4 (using TV tuner with internal MPEG encoder or DV/HDV camcorder)
Flash Video (FLV) using FFMPEG
WebM
Custom output formats using external DirectShow filters
MPEG-1/2/4 using FFMPEG

ActiveX version
Delphi version

€400
One Developer Subscription
€800
Team Subscription

€3000
Team Subscription

with source code (contact support)

License agreement

Online help

7.0

• Improved IP capture engine
• Updated screen capture engine
• Updated FFMPEG output
• Pan / zoom video effect
• Small bug fixes

6.0

• improved Picture-In-Picture, any video source support (screen capture, ip cams added)
• improved RTSP sources support
• layered windows screen capture support
• iCube cams support
• Windows 8 Developer Preview support
• improved video effects
• multiple audio streams support for AVI and WMV output

5.5

• Improved video effects
• Improved IP cameras support
• Some bugfixes

5.4

• Delphi XE2 support
• Some bugfixes

5.3

• Improved video effects
• Improved IP cameras support
• Some bugfixes

5.2

• Improved video effects and video frame grabber
• Some bugfixes

5.1

• Improved IP cameras support in Video Capture SDK.
• Improved video effects in all SDK's
• Some bugfixes in all SDK's

5.0

• RTSP / HTTP IP cam support (MJPEG / MPEG-4 / H264 with or without audio)
• WebM output
• MPEG-1 / 2 / 4 and FLV output using FFMPEG

4.22

• screen capture filter - some bugfixes

4.21

• screen capture filter - some bugfixes and improvements

4.2

• audio effects filter has been improved

4.1

• Delphi 2010 support for Delphi edition
• some bugfixes

4.0

• Nothing :)