How to get an IP camera stream into C#?

Question

I\'ve used AForge library to make this little program, that shows live feed from a webcam into a PictureBox.

private FilterInfoCollection VideoCaptureDevices;
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Answer 1

Nager.VideoStream is based on ffmpeg and can therefore easily be used across platforms. Network cameras and webcams can be accessed via ffmpeg.

PM> install-package Nager.VideoStream

var inputSource = new StreamInputSource("rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov");
//var inputSource = new WebcamInputSource("Microsoft® LifeCam HD-3000");

var cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();

var client = new VideoStreamClient();
client.NewImageReceived += NewImageReceived;
var task = client.StartFrameReaderAsync(inputSource, OutputImageFormat.Bmp, cancellationTokenSource.Token);
//Console.ReadLine();
client.NewImageReceived -= NewImageReceived;

private static void NewImageReceived(byte[] imageData)
{
    File.WriteAllBytes($@"{DateTime.Now.Ticks}.bmp", imageData);
}