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Video Capture SDK 4.1
Date 12/12/2009
Video Capture SDK VisioForge Video Capture SDK allows programmers to easily integrate video capturing and processing capabilities into their software applications. VisioForge Video Capture SDK can play and capture video and audio streams from TV tuners, USB capture devices, DV camcorders, PCI capture cards and IP cameras.

VisioForge Video Capture SDK major features include:

  • Preview
  • Video capture to
    • AVI (using audio/video codecs like MJPEG, DivX, XviD)
    • 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.)
    • Flash Video (FLV)
    • DV and MPEG from DV Camcorders and TV Tuners with internal MPEG Encoder
    • MPEG 1/2 (VCD/SVCD/DVD), MPEG-4 (iPod/iPhone), FLV, using Standard MPEG Encoder
    • DV (from any video capture device)
    • custom output formats (using 3rd-party DirectShow filters)
  • Audio capture to
    • WAV (compressed or not)
    • MP3 (using LAME)
  • Frame capture to TBitmap/HBitmap in Delphi/ActiveX, BMP and JPEG files
  • Video processing and effects
    • graphic overlay
    • text overlay
    • video transparency
    • brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, etc.
    • deinterlace
    • denoise
    • resize to any resolution
    • chroma-key
    • 3-rd party DirectShow filters support
    • VirtualDub 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 camcorders
  • USB web-cameras and other capture devices
  • PCI capture cards
  • TV Tuners (with and without internal MPEG Encoder)
  • IP cameras
  • Audio capture devices and sound cards

 

Development platforms

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

 

System requirements

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

 

Differences between editions of Video Capture SDK:

Standard
Professional
Supported input devices
All, except IP cams
All
All
Preview
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Frame capture
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Audio and video processing/effects
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TV Tuning
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Network streaming
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WAV output
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MP3 (LAME) output
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AVI output
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WMV output
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FLV output
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DV output
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MPEG 1/2 (using TV Tuner Internal MPEG Encoder)
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MPEG 1/2 using Standard MPEG Encoder
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Motion detection
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Video processing via 3rd-party DirectShow filters
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VirtualDub filters support

(require addional license, contact support to know more)

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Distribution rights

Royalty-free distribution.