[c#] How to get all video and audio devices;

[RDCA]

Well today im going to show you how to get all audio & video devices on a machine, these will be loaded on form load and displayed in a listbox.

• Step 1
  • Download this .rar with the necessary .DLLs. Link below
    
  • Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Utilities.dll, Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Types.dll, Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.dll, Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Api2.dll.
    • 'Link'
      
    • Extract the.DLLs to a your desktop or a folder.

• Step 2
  • Now in visual studio create a new project named GetDevices.
    
  • Next right click GetDevices in your Solution Explorer and click Add Reference.
    
  • Now select a .Dll and press Add.
    
  • Next do this for all the other .DLLs in which I supplied you.

• Step 3
  • Now double click on form1.
    
  • Look for namespace GetDevices, above it Replace all the text with this.

    • using System;
      using System.Collections.Generic;
      using System.ComponentModel;
      using System.Data;
      using System.Drawing;
      using System.Linq;
      using System.Text;
      using System.Windows.Forms;
      using Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Devices;
      using Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.Live;
      using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

• Step 4
  • Go back to to Form1.cs[Design]
    
  • Add 2 listboxes, name one LstAudio, and the other LstVideo.
    
  • Navigate back to form1.cs[Code]
    
  • In private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) add this code.

    • foreach (EncoderDevice edv in EncoderDevices.FindDevices(EncoderDeviceType.Video))
      {
      lstVideo.Items.Add(edv.Name);
      }
      foreach (EncoderDevice eda in EncoderDevices.FindDevices(EncoderDeviceType.Audio))
      {
      LstAudio.Items.Add(eda.Name);
      }

Try it out.
So this is my first c# application. This tutorial was made by me, but the inspiration came from another site.

[Stiggie]

Nice thanks for the RCDA This could be very useful.

[The-One]

Saw this at HF a few hours ago, thanks though!

[-Dreams]

Thanks for this. Didn't see it on HF but still well worth the release and viewing to bad vb.net is all screwed up.

[cOld fus1on]

Thanks for sharing this, bro.,
I think I'm gonna try n use this on something..