Video capture to DV using Video Capture SDK .Net

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Video Capture SDK .Net

To capture video to DV file you can use software compression or DV/HDV camcorder. DV codec used for video stream, PCM used for audio stream, AVI used as container. Optionally you can use MKV (Matroska) container format.

First, you are need to configure your video capture device. DV camcorder required to use DV output without recompression.

Capture video to DV without recompression (DV camcorder)

1. Set DV without recompression as output formats.

VideoCapture1.Output_Format = new VFDirectCaptureDVOutput();

2. Set video capture mode and file name

VideoCapture1.Mode = VFVideoCaptureMode.VideoCapture;
VideoCapture1.Output_Filename = "output.avi";

3. Start capture (sync or async)

await VideoCapture1.StartAsync();

Capture video to DV with recompression (any video source can be used)

1. Set DV parameters, apply output format

var dvOutput = new VFDVOutput();

dvOutput.Audio_Channels = 2;
dvOutput.Audio_SampleRate = 44100;

// set PAL or NTSC
dvOutput.Video_Format = VFDVVideoFormat.PAL;

// Set DV file type
dvOutput.Type2 = true;

VideoCapture1.Output_Format = dvOutput;

2. Set video capture mode and file name

VideoCapture1.Mode = VFVideoCaptureMode.VideoCapture;
VideoCapture1.Output_Filename = "123.avi";

3. Start capture (sync or async).

await VideoCapture1.StartAsync();
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