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Getting DirectShow Samples on Windows 8.

Methods to create DirectShow virtual webcam discussed in many StackOverflow questions remain perfectly valid for Windows 10, for applications that implement video capture using DirectShow:ĭirectShow samples were removed from Windows SDK but you can still find them in older releases: Then it's perfectly extensible and in most cases the term "virtual webcam" refers to DirectShow virtual webcam. It will see a virtual device if you provide a kernel mode driver for a virtual camera.ĭirectShow is the API used by most video capture enabled Windows applications and it is present in all Windows versions including Windows 10 (except just Windows RT). Video for Windows is not really extensible and limited in capabilities overall. In Windows there are a few APIs to consume video sources: Video for Windows, DirectShow, Media Foundation (in chronological order). The mentioned applications use APIs to work with web cameras and ability to extend the APIs and add your own video source is the way to create a virtual web camera.

Virtual webcam is typically a software only implementation that application discover as if it is a device with physical representation.