How to create video chat Silverlight 4?

[Cherkasov]

It is delightful to know that the Silverlight 4 has the support for the webcam and also for the microphone. This thing can be used for generating the video chat. I am saying this because I have tried this thing but that is the only thing I know about it, and the thing I want to know is that how to create video chat Silverlight 4? In short I want to more details related to that. I will really appreciate if anyone can through light on it.

[Praetor]

The best feature for this is the media feature that comes with silverlight you can easily search for the codes that are available on net for this purpose. If you are new to this technology then I will suggest you to check the VideoBrush feature of this silverlight 4. This VideoBrush feature provides the user an ability to paint any area that is desired by the user, which was not available in the previous version of silverlight.

[Katty]

If you want to display any live video in the black rectangle that is given then you will required to configure the camera and then capture the source for that. First and the for most thing you will require to do is to instantiate the System.Windows.Media.CaptureSource object. This class designed in such a way that the properties will work with the audio and also the video devices.

[Zecho]

If you want to give the user a preference for choosing the device they require for capturing the video then you will require to use “CaptureDeviceConfiguration.GetAvailableVideoCaptureDevices”. Normally this method is used for getting the generic collection that comprises of each available VideoCaptureDevice. Hence this will give the user opportunities for getting the device they want choose.

[Muwafaq]

I do not want to demoralize you but my friend it is true that Microsoft allows you to capture the raw bits from the webcam you are using and you can also capture the audio through the microphone but the problem is that the quality of that video is not good. There are many articles available on net that can give you a quick way for capturing video but none of them provides the code for good quality video.

[Ransom]

I totally agree with the above reply that is not the only problem while capturing the video through siliverlight or any other medium. The other problem is that if you are capturing the video then you will also require a server for streaming the videos. As you can see that the thing are not so simple but you can an easy way out for this.