# FFMPEG streaming

Video Capture SDK .Net

Our SDK offers the capability to stream video from multiple sources directly into FFMPEG, started as an external process. You can use GPL/LGPL FFMPEG builds with any configurations of video/audio codecs and muxers.

You can configure FFMPEG to save the stream to a file, stream it to a server, or use it for any other purpose.

# Sample code

We'll use the Main Demo as a video source and FFMPEG as a streaming target. FFMPEG will be configured to save the stream to an MP4 file with H264 code used for compression.

# Configure Main Demo

Set the Preview mode and enable the Virtual Camera SDK output checkbox. Or do it in code.

VideoCapture1.Virtual_Camera_Output_Enabled = true;

Main Demo FFMPEG streaming
Main Demo FFMPEG streaming

Start the Main Demo (or your code) video streaming.

# Configure FFMPEG

Start FFMPEG as an external process with the following command line:

ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="VisioForge Virtual Camera" -c:v libopenh264 output.mp4

You can use the VisioForge Virtual Audio Card as an audio source.

# Required redists

  • Base redist
  • SDK redist
  • Virtual Camera SDK redist

Check the Deployment page for more information.

Visit our GitHub page to get more code samples.