Capture image from laptop camera

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Control Camera Device From C#

I have a laptop that has a built in camera in the lid.

I want to write a C# application to capture the image, and save it to the hard drive.

Does anyone have a quick code snippet to accomplish this?

I am running under windows 7 (64bit)

You should show at least *some* research effort in your question, or it will be closed. We will not write your code for you. — Frédéric Hamidi, Jun 29 '11 at 20:16
See here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/833724/c-directshow-net-simple-webcam-access — CodingWithSpike, Jun 29 '11 at 20:19
Fredick.... i did a LOT of research.... the examples that I located all work under XP.... there seems to be an issue with the 64bit and win7.... that is why i am asking. — pithhelmet, Jun 29 '11 at 20:31
That information should've gone into the question, perhaps it wouldn't have been closed. — Lasse V. Karlsen, Jun 30 '11 at 12:13
lots of SO stormtroopers... quick to close a question without allowing people to respond. — pithhelmet, Jul 11 '11 at 18:11

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 29 '11 at 20:41

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The Emgu cv library is overkill for this, but here is an example in 7 lines:

ImageViewer viewer = new ImageViewer(); //create an image viewer
Capture capture = new Capture(); //create a camera captue
Application.Idle += new EventHandler(delegate(object sender, EventArgs e)
{  //run this until application closed (close button click on image viewer)
   viewer.Image = capture.QueryFrame(); //draw the image obtained from camera
});
viewer.ShowDialog(); //show the image viewer

(source: http://emgu.com/wiki/index.php/Camera_Capture_in_7_lines_of_code)

edited Jun 29 '11 at 20:41

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In my case in MS WIndows 10 I see only black screen instead of video stream via this framework but for instance? Skype video settings showing video well. So This platform is not good solution. – DmitryBoyko Jan 22 '18 at 02:04

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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Let me point you towards the DirectShow library.

http://directshownet.sourceforge.net/about.html

Find an appropriate sample that runs, then inspect the source code.

Here's another link that you may find helpful: C# + DirectShow.NET = Simple WebCam access?

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answered Jun 29 '11 at 20:18

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Capture image from laptop camera

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