Media Blocks SDK .Net

v15.9

The SDK allows you to build your multimedia application from individual blocks like a brick house. For example, to record video from a camera, you add the "Camera" block, the "H264 encoder" block, and the "MP4 sink" block to record video to an MP4 file.

SIMPLE PLAYER

The simple player pipeline uses the UniversalSourceBlock to read and decode the source file, the VideoRendererBlock to display video, and the AudioRendererBlock to play audio.

ADVANCED PLAYER

The advanced player pipeline includes the UniversalSourceBlock for decoding files or streams, video and audio renderers, and effects processing blocks.

CAMERA PREVIEW

The camera/microphone simple preview pipeline contains device source blocks and video/audio renderer blocks.

Default devices will be used.

RTSP PREVIEW

The RTSP preview pipeline, which includes the RTSP source block (with decoders inside), video and audio renderers.

CAPTURE WITH PREVIEW

The capture pipeline has two tee blocks that are used to split video and audio streams, allowing video/audio preview along with video capture.

VisioForge Media Blocks SDK .Net major features include:

Audio/video preview
Video and audio capture to a wide range of formats
Frame capture to Bitmap class, BMP, JPEG, and PNG files
Video processing and effects (CPU/GPU)
Video capture device control
Network streaming
Motion detection
Barcode reader (QR Code, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Codabar, ITF, RSS-14, Data Matrix, Aztec, PDF-417)
Custom interfaces support
Computer vision API
PIP (Picture-In-Picture)
Screen capture/window capture
Face detection and object tracking
Multiply output screens support
Audio capture from speakers
Blackmagic Decklink card's input and output support
Audio/video file tags reading and writing support
FLIR/Teledyne cameras support (USB3Vision/GigE)
Basler cameras support (USB3Vision/GigE)

Audio encoders

AAC
FLAC
MP3
OPUS
Vorbis
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
Speex

Audio processing

Amplify
Audio mixer
Audio sample grabber
Balance
Compressor/Expander
Echo
Equalizer
Scale/Tempo
Volume

Blackmagic Decklink

Audio sink
Audio source
Video sink
Video source

File sinks

MP4
WebM
MOV
AVI
MPEG-TS
MKV
OGG

Network streaming

HLS
RTMP
RTSP
UDP

Video processing

Color effects
Deinterlace
Fish eye
Flip/Rotate
Gamma
Gaussian blur
Image overlay
Mirror
Perspective
Pinch
Resize
Rotate
Sample grabber
Sphere
Square
Stretch
Text overlay
Tunnel
Twirl
Video balance
Video mixer
Water ripple

Video encoders (CPU/GPU)

H264
H265/HEVC
VP8/VP9
WMV (Windows Media Video)
MJPEG
AV1

Sources

File source
RTSP source
Screen source
System video source
System audio source
Virtual video source
Virtual audio source

Special

Null Renderer
Tee
VU meter

Supported input devices:

DV and HDV MPEG-2 camcorders
USB web cameras and other capture devices (including 4K devices)
PCI capture cards
TV Tuners (with and without internal MPEG Encoder)
JPEG/MJPEG, MPEG-4 and H.264 HTTP/RTSP/RTMP IP cameras/servers, HD format supported
ONVIF IP cameras with PTZ support
Blackmagic Decklink devices
Audio capture devices and sound cards
ASIO devices

IDE

Visual Studio 2019 and later: Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual Basic .NET
Visual Studio Code
JetBrains Rider
SDK may be used with other .Net-compatible applications such as Microsoft Access, Word, and Excel

UI frameworks

WinForms
WPF
WinUI 3 for Desktop
Avalonia
GTK#
MAUI
Xamarin.Android
Xamarin.Mac
Xamarin.iOS

.Net versions

.Net Framework 4.6.1 and later
.Net Core 3.1
.Net 5 - .Net 9

System requirements

Windows 10 or Windows 11
Ubuntu 22+
macOS 12+

Target platforms

Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 SP1
Windows Server 2016 and later
Android 8 and later
Linux (Ubuntu)
macOS
iOS

Distribution rights

Royalty-free distribution.

Our software offers unlimited usage with no nag-screen, ensuring a seamless experience. We provide a 30-day trial period so you can explore all features before committing.

With a regular license, you receive free minor and major upgrades for one year; after that period, the SDK will continue functioning as before.

Alternatively, the lifetime license provides unlimited updates indefinitely. Additionally, we offer priority support and fixes. The regular license is billed annually and automatically renewed each year, but you can cancel your subscription anytime.

The SDK is free for non-commercial use. Please contact us to get a free license.

SDK contains GStreamer libraries licensed as LGPL v2.1.