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AVI file output

Products: Video Capture SDK .Net, Video Edit SDK .Net

AVI (Audio Video Interleave) was developed by Microsoft in 1992. AVI is a multimedia container format that stores both audio and video data in a single file. It supports synchronous audio-with-video playback. AVI files can contain both compressed and uncompressed data, offering flexibility but often resulting in large file sizes.

To capture video in AVI format using Video Capture SDK, you need to configure video output format using the AVIOutput class. You can set video and audio codecs and their various settings.

The same sample code can be used for Video Edit SDK .Net. Use the VideoEditCore class instead of VideoCaptureCore.

You can use dialog to set settings in UI or set settings in code.

Sample code​

Create AVIOutput object​

AVIOutput aviOutput = new AVIOutput();

Set AVI settings using the settings dialog​

AVISettingsDialog aviSettingsDialog = new AVISettingsDialog(
  VideoCapture1.Video_Codecs.ToArray(),
  VideoCapture1.Audio_Codecs.ToArray());

aviSettingsDialog.ShowDialog(this);

aviSettingsDialog.SaveSettings(ref aviOutput);

Or

Set AVI settings without using the settings dialog​

Get lists of audio and video codecs, fill combo boxes​

foreach (string codec in VideoCapture1.Video_Codecs)
{
  cbVideoCodecs.Items.Add(codec);
}

foreach (string codec in VideoCapture1.Audio_Codecs)
{
  cbAudioCodecs.Items.Add(codec);
}

Set video settings​

aviOutput.Video_Codec = cbVideoCodecs.Text;

Set audio settings​

aviOutput.ACM.Name = cbAudioCodecs.Text;
aviOutput.ACM.Channels = 2;
aviOutput.ACM.BPS = 16;
aviOutput.ACM.SampleRate = 44100;
aviOutput.ACM.UseCompression = true;

Apply settings​

Set AVI format settings for output​

VideoCapture1.Output_Format = aviOutput;

Set video capture mode​

VideoCapture1.Mode = VideoCaptureMode.VideoCapture;

Set file name (be sure that you have to write access rights)​

VideoCapture1.Output_Filename = "output.avi";

Start capture (sync or async)​

await VideoCapture1.StartAsync();

Required redists​

  • Video Capture SDK redist x86 x64
  • Video Edit SDK redist x86 x64

How can the required redists be installed or deployed to the user's PC?

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