This section explains how to detect and configure video capture devices. More...

Classes
struct	BearWare.VideoFormat
	A struct containing the properties of a video capture format. More...

struct	BearWare.VideoFrame
	A RGB32 image where the pixels can be accessed directly in an allocated imageBuffer. More...

struct	BearWare.VideoCaptureDevice
	A struct containing the properties of a video capture device. More...

Enumerations
enum	BearWare.FourCC : uint { BearWare.FourCC.FOURCC_NONE = 0 , BearWare.FourCC.FOURCC_I420 = 100 , BearWare.FourCC.FOURCC_YUY2 = 101 , BearWare.FourCC.FOURCC_RGB32 = 102 }
	The picture format used by a capture device. More...

Functions
static bool	BearWare.TeamTalkBase.GetVideoCaptureDevices (out VideoCaptureDevice[] lpVideoDevices)
	Get the list of devices available for video capture.

bool	BearWare.TeamTalkBase.InitVideoCaptureDevice (string szDeviceID, VideoFormat lpVideoFormat)
	Initialize a video capture device.

bool	BearWare.TeamTalkBase.CloseVideoCaptureDevice ()
	Close a video capture device.

bool	BearWare.TeamTalkBase.PaintVideoFrame (int nUserID, System.IntPtr hDC, int XDest, int YDest, int nDestWidth, int nDestHeight, ref VideoFrame lpVideoFrame)
	Paint user's video frame using a Windows' DC (device context).

bool	BearWare.TeamTalkBase.PaintVideoFrameEx (int nUserID, System.IntPtr hDC, int XDest, int YDest, int nDestWidth, int nDestHeight, int XSrc, int YSrc, int nSrcWidth, int nSrcHeight, ref VideoFrame lpVideoFrame)
	Paint user's video frame using a Windows' DC (device context).

VideoFrame	BearWare.TeamTalkBase.AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame (int nUserID, out Bitmap bmp)
	Extract a user's video frame for display.

bool	BearWare.TeamTalkBase.ReleaseUserVideoCaptureFrame (VideoFrame lpVideoFrame)
	Delete a user's video frame, acquired through TeamTalkBase.AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame(), so its allocated resources can be released.

Variables
const int	BearWare.TeamTalkBase.TT_VIDEOFORMATS_MAX = 1024

Detailed Description

This section explains how to detect and configure video capture devices.

The client is able to capture video and present them to the user application in RGB32-format and transmit the image in encoded format to other users.

Sections:

Initialize Video Capture Device

To capture video the user application must first query the available capture devices by calling TeamTalkBase.GetVideoCaptureDevices(). A BearWare.VideoCaptureDevice supports a certain number of capture formats each described in the videoFormats member of BearWare.VideoFormat.

Once a device has been chosen the TeamTalkBase.InitVideoCaptureDevice() must be called for the client instance to start capturing video frames. Use the szDevice member of BearWare.VideoCaptureDevice as the device identifier for the video capture device and pass a BearWare.VideoFormat from the videoFormats array of BearWare.VideoCaptureDevice. Check out section Audio and Video Codecs on how to configure the video codec.

Display Captured Video

When a video frame becomes available the event TeamTalkBase.OnUserVideoCapture() is posted to the application and TeamTalkBase.GetUserVideoFrame() can be used to extract the RGB32 image. On Windows it's also possible to call TeamTalkBase.PaintVideoFrame() to make the client instance paint on a HWND by getting its HDC.

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ FourCC

enum BearWare.FourCC : uint

The picture format used by a capture device.

See also: VideoFormat; VideoCaptureDevice

Enumerator
FOURCC_NONE	Internal use to denote no supported formats.
FOURCC_I420	Prefered image format with the lowest bandwidth usage. A 640x480 pixel image takes up 460.800 bytes.
FOURCC_YUY2	Image format where a 640x480 pixel images takes up 614.400 bytes.
FOURCC_RGB32	The image format with the highest bandwidth usage. A 640x480 pixel images takes up 1.228.880 bytes.

Definition at line 601 of file TeamTalk.cs.

Function Documentation

◆ GetVideoCaptureDevices()

static bool BearWare.TeamTalkBase.GetVideoCaptureDevices ( out VideoCaptureDevice[] lpVideoDevices )

static

Get the list of devices available for video capture.

Parameters

lpVideoDevices An output array of BearWare.VideoCaptureDevice-stucts which will receive the available video capture devices

See also: TeamTalkBase.InitVideoCaptureDevice

Definition at line 5729 of file TeamTalk.cs.

◆ InitVideoCaptureDevice()

bool BearWare.TeamTalkBase.InitVideoCaptureDevice	(	string	szDeviceID,
		VideoFormat	lpVideoFormat
	)

Initialize a video capture device.

To transmit video capture data to a channel call TeamTalkBase.StartVideoCaptureTransmission()

Parameters

szDeviceID	The device idenfier szDeviceID of BearWare.VideoCaptureDevice.
lpVideoFormat	The capture format to use, i.e. frame-rate, resolution and picture format.

See also: TeamTalkBase.GetVideoCaptureDevices; TeamTalkBase.CloseVideoCaptureDevice

Definition at line 5757 of file TeamTalk.cs.

◆ CloseVideoCaptureDevice()

bool BearWare.TeamTalkBase.CloseVideoCaptureDevice ( )

Close a video capture device.

See also: TeamTalkBase.InitVideoCaptureDevice

Definition at line 5766 of file TeamTalk.cs.

◆ PaintVideoFrame()

bool BearWare.TeamTalkBase.PaintVideoFrame	(	int	nUserID,
		System::IntPtr	hDC,
		int	XDest,
		int	YDest,
		int	nDestWidth,
		int	nDestHeight,
		ref VideoFrame	lpVideoFrame
	)

Paint user's video frame using a Windows' DC (device context).

Same as calling TeamTalkBase.PaintVideoFrameEx() like this:

ttclient.PaintVideoFrameEx(nUserID, hDC, XDest, YDest, 
                           nDestWidth, nDestHeight, 0, 0, 
                           src_bmp_width, src_bmp_height);

src_bmp_width and src_bmp_height are extracted internally from the source image.

Definition at line 5784 of file TeamTalk.cs.

◆ PaintVideoFrameEx()

bool BearWare.TeamTalkBase.PaintVideoFrameEx	(	int	nUserID,
		System::IntPtr	hDC,
		int	XDest,
		int	YDest,
		int	nDestWidth,
		int	nDestHeight,
		int	XSrc,
		int	YSrc,
		int	nSrcWidth,
		int	nSrcHeight,
		ref VideoFrame	lpVideoFrame
	)

Paint user's video frame using a Windows' DC (device context).

An application can either paint using TeamTalkBase.AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame() which provides a raw RGB32 array of the image or the application can ask the client instance to paint the image using this function.

Typically this paint operation will be called in the WM_PAINT message. Here is how the client instance paints internally:

StretchDIBits(hDC, nPosX, nPosY, nWidth, nHeight, XSrc, YSrc, 
              nSrcWidth, nSrcHeight, frame_buf, &bmi,
              DIB_RGB_COLORS, SRCCOPY);

Parameters

nUserID	The user's ID. 0 for local user.
hDC	The handle to the Windows device context.
XDest	Coordinate of left corner where to start painting.
YDest	Coordinate or top corner where to start painting.
nDestWidth	The width of the image.
nDestHeight	The height of the image.
XSrc	The left coordinate in the source bitmap of where to start reading.
YSrc	The top left coordinate in the source bitmap of where to start reading.
nSrcWidth	The number of width pixels to read from source bitmap.
nSrcHeight	The number of height pixels to read from source bitmap.
lpVideoFrame	Video frame retrieved by TeamTalkBase.AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame()

Definition at line 5827 of file TeamTalk.cs.

◆ AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame()

VideoFrame BearWare.TeamTalkBase.AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame	(	int	nUserID,
		out Bitmap	bmp
	)

Extract a user's video frame for display.

The BearWare.VideoFrame extracted from the client instance will contain a pointer to the image's frame buffer, so a RGB32 bitmap can be displayed in a window control.

To release the acquired BearWare.VideoFrame call TeamTalkBase.ReleaseUserVideoCaptureFrame().

A video capture frame comes from a user's BearWare.StreamType.STREAMTYPE_VIDEOCAPTURE.

Parameters

nUserID	The user's ID. 0 for local user.
bmp	A bitmap created from the BearWare.VideoFrame's data.

Returns: Returns video frame which will contain the image data. Note that it's the frameBuffer member of BearWare.VideoFrame which will contain the image data allocated internally by TeamTalkBase. A BearWare.VideoFrame with all members assigned to 0 will be returned if no video frame is available.

See also: TeamTalkBase.ReleaseUserVideoCaptureFrame()

Definition at line 5862 of file TeamTalk.cs.

◆ ReleaseUserVideoCaptureFrame()

bool BearWare.TeamTalkBase.ReleaseUserVideoCaptureFrame ( VideoFrame lpVideoFrame )

Delete a user's video frame, acquired through TeamTalkBase.AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame(), so its allocated resources can be released.

Parameters

lpVideoFrame Pointer to BearWare.VideoFrame which should be deallocated.

Returns: Returns TRUE If a video frame was successfully deallocated.

See also: TeamTalkBase.AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame()

Definition at line 5886 of file TeamTalk.cs.

Variable Documentation

◆ TT_VIDEOFORMATS_MAX

const int BearWare.TeamTalkBase.TT_VIDEOFORMATS_MAX = 1024

static

The maximum number of video formats which will be queried for a BearWare.VideoCaptureDevice.

Definition at line 4224 of file TeamTalk.cs.

Classes

Enumerations

Functions

Variables

Detailed Description

Initialize Video Capture Device

Display Captured Video

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ FourCC

Function Documentation

◆ GetVideoCaptureDevices()

◆ InitVideoCaptureDevice()

◆ CloseVideoCaptureDevice()

◆ PaintVideoFrame()

◆ PaintVideoFrameEx()

◆ AcquireUserVideoCaptureFrame()

◆ ReleaseUserVideoCaptureFrame()

Variable Documentation

◆ TT_VIDEOFORMATS_MAX