MediaCapture Component for DirectShow Cameras
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- C#
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Description
The current MediaCapture component only supports Media Foundation cameras (virtual or physical). A new \psi component would need to be developed for supporting DirectShow cameras as inputs, e.g., the OBS virtual camera.
This issue represents a good community contribution opportunity, and is labeled 'help-wanted'. If you decide you would like to develop this component and contribute it to the codebase, we would be happy to consider/review a pull request. If you have further questions, please post them below. To avoid duplication of work, if you start working on this with the goal of creating a pull request, please mention this by replying to this issue.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the existing MediaCapture component and the linked OBS virtual camera discussion to understand the current Media Foundation input path and the DirectShow use case. The work is complete when a new \psi component supports DirectShow cameras, including virtual or physical devices, and is ready for a pull request.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100