C# webcam library

Question

I need a webcam library (for C#) so that I can implement the following things:

• show the video stream
• save the stream to a file on disk
• capture single images

I have searched for libraries and found some:

• EasyWebcam
• DirectShow.NET
• avicap32 using P/Invoke
• VFW

but I need some advice which one to use (maybe there are other libraries than I mentioned here).

From your experience, please recommend me a library so that I can implement the three functionalities.

Answer 1

If you need to be able to choose/specify camera resolution, frame rate, pixel format, be able to work with multiple cameras, capture sound and video into one composite stream, DirectShow is the only choice.

BTW, I mean DirectShow as API, not DirectShow.Net as library. You may need to patch/fix DirectShow.Net, since it's code quality is not very good.