TV tuner SDK

[Some Guy]

Hi there,

I would like to be able to write an app which, amongst other thigs, can
interface with a TV tuner card. I need to be able to start/stop display of
the TV channel, select which channel is displayed, and control the volume -
all through code.

Can anybody suggest a generic, device independent way of doing this? If not,
does anybody know of any TV tuner cards that have a SDK suitable for use
with C# or VB.Net...?


Cheers in advance

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Some Guy,

I know Hauppauge have an SDK, but I couldn't find it right now. You may have to contact them to get it (www.hauppauge.com). However, I doubt any of the TV Tuner SDKs are meant for C#/VB.Net.

 

[Yeghia Dolbakyan]

Hi

The right way to start is to study DirectShow - part of DirectX. This is the
only hardware independent way to work with TV Tuners, provided Tuner has
appropriate WDM drivers.
It is possible to do this task even with C# but will be very difficult since
DirectShow is a set of COM objects and interfaces

Regards
Yeghia