Virtual webcam input as byte stream

Question

I dont have webcam. And I want to implement virtual webcam (or fake device driver may be) that would work as normal webcam(virtual webcam) and takes memory stream or bytes as input. How can I develop this? Can DirectShow be helpful in this? I dont know anything. Please help

i have found that there are many software that takes video file as input but I want to have byte stream as input.

Answer 1

Here you go:

• DirectShow Source filter using Dekstop window as source
• Writing a Direct Show Source Filter
• Way to generate video from a bunch of images?
• Writing a virtual webcam?
• Virtual Webcam in C++
• Virtual Webcam Driver

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If you prefer to skip programming and to just install a virtual camera that you don't happen to have available, you can install a virtual DirectShow camera backed by an IP camera put on Internet and continue your DirectShow experience from there.