TV tuner SDK

Hi there,

I would like to be able to write an app which, amongst other thigs, can
interface with a TV tuner card. I need to be able to start/stop display of
the TV channel, select which channel is displayed, and control the volume -
all through code.

Can anybody suggest a generic, device independent way of doing this? If not,
does anybody know of any TV tuner cards that have a SDK suitable for use
with C# or VB.Net...?


Cheers in advance

Morten
Tue Apr 26 06:52:21 CDT 2005

Hi Some Guy,

I know Hauppauge have an SDK, but I couldn't find it right now. You may have to contact them to get it (www.hauppauge.com). However, I doubt any of the TV Tuner SDKs are meant for C#/VB.Net.


On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:31:23 +0200, Some Guy <someguy@biteme.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I would like to be able to write an app which, amongst other thigs, can
> interface with a TV tuner card. I need to be able to start/stop display of
> the TV channel, select which channel is displayed, and control the volume -
> all through code.
>
> Can anybody suggest a generic, device independent way of doing this? If not,
> does anybody know of any TV tuner cards that have a SDK suitable for use
> with C# or VB.Net...?
>
>
> Cheers in advance
>
>
>



--
Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

Yeghia
Tue Apr 26 10:25:50 CDT 2005

Hi

The right way to start is to study DirectShow - part of DirectX. This is the
only hardware independent way to work with TV Tuners, provided Tuner has
appropriate WDM drivers.
It is possible to do this task even with C# but will be very difficult since
DirectShow is a set of COM objects and interfaces

Regards
Yeghia


"Morten Wennevik" <MortenWennevik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.spt8ljb0klbvpo@stone...
> Hi Some Guy,
>
> I know Hauppauge have an SDK, but I couldn't find it right now. You may
> have to contact them to get it (www.hauppauge.com). However, I doubt any
> of the TV Tuner SDKs are meant for C#/VB.Net.
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:31:23 +0200, Some Guy <someguy@biteme.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I would like to be able to write an app which, amongst other thigs, can
>> interface with a TV tuner card. I need to be able to start/stop display
>> of
>> the TV channel, select which channel is displayed, and control the
>> volume -
>> all through code.
>>
>> Can anybody suggest a generic, device independent way of doing this? If
>> not,
>> does anybody know of any TV tuner cards that have a SDK suitable for use
>> with C# or VB.Net...?
>>
>>
>> Cheers in advance
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Happy coding!
> Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]