Simulate DirectShow Webcam

Question

I am a developer at DotNet. I want to give skype the ability to add a webcam simulator and send raster frames to the DirectShow simulator. In this case, I can draw my images in my application and in skype. I can share these images with my friend.

I was here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd407344%28VS.85%29.aspx but this is not Dotnet, and I'm not sure which example I should believe in.

I also saw: http://directshownet.sourceforge.net/ But as I understand it, here I can not do what I need with this structure, or can I?

My question is: what, in principle, is necessary to create such a DirectShow element?

Hi

Answer 1

This is possible through a virtual device, see

• Entering a virtual webcam as a byte stream
• Is it possible to fake a video stream as a virtual camera, which is visible in Skype, Lync, etc.?

It will be difficult for you to implement this only in C #, since the APIs are designed for native code.