Piping to ffmpeg on windows

Question

I'm planning to pipe live image data (bitmaps) to ffmpeg in order to create an AVI file.

Looking at the ffmpeg docs regarding pipes, https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-protocols.html#pipe, it only mentions UNIX pipes.

I'm planning using the technique described here: is it possible to send ffmpeg images by using pipe?

Is there a major difference on Windows that causes piping data to ffmpeg not working on Windows?

The images need not send through a pipe, but the status and command to ffmpeg could be piped. — seccpur, Oct 01 '19 at 02:54
Shared folder. The pictures will loop using -loop command just like a slide show. — seccpur, Oct 01 '19 at 03:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '19 at 17:13

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A follow up to my own question;

Using a named pipe on Windows, works fine with ffmpeg. Currently the following command:

ffmpeg.exe-y -hide_banner -vcodec rawvideo -f rawvideo -r 80 -s 658x492 -pix_fmt gray -i \\.\pipe\DEV_000F315BE933 -r 80 -c:v rawvideo X:\DEV_000F315BE933_2019T100914.avi

can record live video at 80 fps reliably.

answered Oct 14 '19 at 17:13

Totte Karlsson

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As a follow up, I was reading about limitations after windows 10 v1709. You can only access a named pipe within your app-container. Just wondering if you ever had issues using named pipes from a different shell? – moi Sep 08 '21 at 17:05

Piping to ffmpeg on windows

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