VB.Net DeckLink SDK convert from YUV to RGB

Hi,

I have an Intensity Shuttle that I needed to program in VB to display the input video in WPF: thanks to the speedy response of tech support and the developer support guys I now have a way forward.

Before I had NTSC video sources and all worked with DirectShow.NET and DirectX.NET.
I then used a PAL composite video (analogue SD) connected to the "VIDEO IN" BNC connector... and the code broke.

It turned out that the open source DirectShow.NET was not setting the video size correctly. After taking example from the Blackmagic Design SDK (DirectShow DeckLink Capture sample), I can now use a PAL video camera in VB.NET using a heavily modified DirectShow.NET and DirectX.NET.

I will clean up my changes and put out a branch of DirectShow.NET and DirectX.NET on my github later on.

Thanks again to all for their help.

Regards,

Francois Genolini
Software Engineer
Aberdeen, Scotland

Greetings Francois,

Is your code something you would be willing to link to on GitHub - I too am working in .NET (WPF/C#) on a project and its helpful to have working code to reference as I work on my own solution. Thanks!

-Brad Griswold

Hi,

Thanks for the interest.

The VB.Net code is commercial (interface to a number of sensors, not just cameras, so not of general interest... and copyrighted), but I could put up a reasonably equivalent C# (for .Net 4.5) and WPF up at the same time.

My modifications ended up being limited to DirectX.Capture/VideoCapabilities.cs and DirectX.Capture/Capture.cs

As for my own VB / C# Code, this modification basically let me set the FrameSize (which did not originally work with a Blackmagic Design DeckLink Intensity Shuttle).

My .Net code is now something like:

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DirectX.Capture.Capture capture = new DirectX.Capture.Capture(index_of_DeckLink_device);
capture.FrameSize = new Size(720, 576);

This second statement now works, whereas before it threw an exception because the IAMStreamConfig.SetFormat API was sent data that could never work: only the Width and Height were set, and the AvgTimePerFrame, BitRate, BitCount and other parameters were not correspondingly updated.

I will need to check with my employer if I can put my changes on GitHub, and as soon as I have that reassurance, I will put my modified DirectX.Capture on my GitHub.

Regards,

Francois Genolini
Software Engineer
Aberdeen, Scotland

Thanks Francois! Appreciate the consideration!