Author: Roman

A codec for The Imaging Source cameras and [discontinued] IC Capture 2.5 software

2025-03-25 Update: https://iccapturecodecs.alax.info/ hosts a productized version of the codec, with demonstration/free trial option. Truly advanced industrial cameras by The Imaging Source are provided with image acquisition software, End User Software is a free IC Capture application, which ended up with a few problems to resolve. First of all, “the older” application is a kind…

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Demo: Webcam with YOLOv4 object detection via Microsoft Media Foundation and DirectML

As we see announcements for more and more powerful NPUs and AI support in newer consumer hardware, here is a new demo with Artificial Intelligence attached to a good old sample camera application based on the Microsoft Media Foundation Capture Engine API. This demo is a blend of several technologies: Media Foundation, Direct3D 11, Direct3D…

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Demo update: Web camera video with MPEG-DASH live broadcasting, now also with HLS

Serving MPEG-DASH differs from serving HLS but as long as you have video packaged in ISO BMFF segments, adding an option to also expose content as HLS (HTTP Live Streaming, RFC 8216) is not too difficult. Besides, being able to stream webcamera signal as MPEG-DASH using http://localhost/MediaFoundationCameraToolkit/Capture/manifest.mpd I also made it possible to use http://localhost/MediaFoundationCameraToolkit/Capture/master.m3u8…

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