C Sharp and IEEE1394

[Jonathan Fitt]

Hi all,

What I'm looking to do is capture images from an IEEE1394 camera (Unibrain
Fire-i) and manipulate them. I really need to be able to stream into a
buffer or capture into a buffer, and the more instantaneous the better. I
have never done anything with cameras before, so I really need some basic
help. I'm very new to this whole dot NET thing and C# but I have some Java
experience. If it isn't best done in C# which other dot NET language could I
use, and then how do I go about accessing it from a C# program?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jon

 

[Jon Skeet]

I wonder if there is anything in the DirectX 9 libraries (and they have just
recently started support .NET).. might take a look there?

In particular (and only on the basis of a single message on a message
board!) DirectShow.NET might be the way to go.

 

[Jonathan Fitt]

In particular (and only on the basis of a single message on a message
board!) DirectShow.NET might be the way to go.

I've heard of DirectX and DirectShow through general computer use, but have
never used them in a development sense. Where would I go to find out about
using these technologies?
Are they easy to program for in C# (I suspect so as they're all Microsoft)

 

[Jon Skeet]

I've heard of DirectX and DirectShow through general computer use, but have
never used them in a development sense. Where would I go to find out about
using these technologies?
Are they easy to program for in C# (I suspect so as they're all Microsoft)

I really wouldn't like to say about how easy to use they are. However,
the place to download the SDK is:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/downloads/list/directx.asp

(or http://tinyurl.com/869v for short)

Browse around the MSDN for documentation etc. Good luck!

 

[Jon Skeet]

I may be wrong, but isn't there currently no support for managed DirectShow?

I don't know for sure, but the article I looked at talked about
DirectShow.NET, which *sounds* like it's managed - but as I say, I'm
really out of my depth here.