Create a webcam driver and draw into it ?

Hello,

I would like to create a virtual webcam and to be able to draw into it,
using some kind of API. I want to be able to use this virtual webcam into any
software that uses it... Such things softwares like webcammax do.

Is it possible ?

Maxim
Thu May 08 04:51:38 CDT 2008

Old-style Video for Windows DLL is OK.

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Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@storagecraft.com
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"VBdev" <VBdev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3A46F714-3287-4722-ADDF-DEE1CC92F1D9@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I would like to create a virtual webcam and to be able to draw into it,
> using some kind of API. I want to be able to use this virtual webcam into any
> software that uses it... Such things softwares like webcammax do.
>
> Is it possible ?

VBdev
Thu May 08 11:03:19 CDT 2008

I'm sorry but i don't understand. Ho can i create a driver to do such a thing
? And then write into it please ?

I searched "old-style video" and found nothing...

"Maxim S. Shatskih" wrote:

> Old-style Video for Windows DLL is OK.
>
> --
> Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> StorageCraft Corporation
> maxim@storagecraft.com
> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
> "VBdev" <VBdev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3A46F714-3287-4722-ADDF-DEE1CC92F1D9@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to create a virtual webcam and to be able to draw into it,
> > using some kind of API. I want to be able to use this virtual webcam into any
> > software that uses it... Such things softwares like webcammax do.
> >
> > Is it possible ?
>
>

Ben
Thu May 08 11:13:54 CDT 2008

VBdev wrote:
> I'm sorry but i don't understand. Ho can i create a driver to do such
> a thing ? And then write into it please ?
>
> I searched "old-style video" and found nothing...

"Video for Windows" or "VfW" would be the right search terms.

>
> "Maxim S. Shatskih" wrote:
>
>> Old-style Video for Windows DLL is OK.
>>
>> --
>> Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
>> StorageCraft Corporation
>> maxim@storagecraft.com
>> http://www.storagecraft.com
>>
>> "VBdev" <VBdev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3A46F714-3287-4722-ADDF-DEE1CC92F1D9@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I would like to create a virtual webcam and to be able to draw into
>>> it, using some kind of API. I want to be able to use this virtual
>>> webcam into any software that uses it... Such things softwares like
>>> webcammax do.
>>>
>>> Is it possible ?

Tim
Fri May 09 22:46:12 CDT 2008

VBdev <VBdev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>I would like to create a virtual webcam and to be able to draw into it,
>using some kind of API. I want to be able to use this virtual webcam into any
>software that uses it... Such things softwares like webcammax do.
>
>Is it possible ?

You can do all of this by writing a DirectShow source filter. As long as
it is registered properly, it will appear in the list of capture devices
just like a hardware camera.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.