Preview webcam video and take snapshot in WPF using AForge and MVVM with sample
Shout out: WPF programmer, someday you will be asked to work on a feature where you need to show live preview of a attached USB camera (webcam) and on click of button you need to capture a picture and save or display in some image control. Pretty simple right? Well actually not, ok partially. Fine its pretty simple. Let me walk you through it and save you some time. People who wants to jump right into the code refer / download attached sample at the end of this article. Best of luck !! How to preview webcam (camera) video and take snapshot with WPF using AForge and MVVM. Step: Create a new WPF project or use your ongoing / existing WPF project, whatever you fancy. Step: Add reference to AForge NuGet package that will do the "talking to the webcam" stuffs for us. AForge.Controls AForge.Video.DirectShow By adding this » Read more
