How to create a virtual video capture driver for Windows?

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I need to create a driver that presents itself to Windows as a video capture driver. The driver generates the video itself. How would I go about doing this? And please keep in mind that I'm using Visual C++ Express.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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See this :

Virtual WebCam Driver

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answered Jan 03 '10 at 21:39

Christopher

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '10 at 21:36

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I'm not sure you can do this with a UMD, so you'll likely need to install the WDK. You probably all ready know this, but writing a driver is a huge undertaking so you should be prepared for that.

Here's a link on writing Windows drivers from MSDN. I'd also suggest you pick up a copy of the Windows Internals book, and check out OSR (and take a class if you can!).

Hope that helps you get started!

answered Jan 03 '10 at 21:36

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Thanks but I was hoping for some advice on the video aspects of driver development. – Nathan Osman Jan 03 '10 at 21:38

How to create a virtual video capture driver for Windows?

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