capture-device-list

Simplest way to connect DirectShow Windows API with FFmpeg and list all capture devices with alternative names. The user can save the results to a file or print either “video”, “audio”, or both “audio, video” devices.

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Setting Options

Parameter	Values	Description	Type
device_type	'audio' , 'video', 'audio_video'	Device Type	str
alt_name	True , False	Show alternative name	bool
result_	True , False	Return result	bool
list_all	True , False	Show all devices	bool
save	True , False	Save result to text	bool

Setting Arguments

Description	Values
Only audio devices	'-audio', '-a'
Only video devices	'-video', '-v'
Only audio and video devices	'-audio_video', '-av'
Show alternative names	'-alternative', '-alt'
Show all devices	'-list_all', '-l'
Save to text	'-save', '-s'

Build

To build this project, follow these commands

  git clone https://github.com/egemengulpinar/capture-device-list.git
  cd capture-device-list
  python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel

Usage with Arguments

First clone the repo and go to directory. After, based on arguments table, follow the syntax below.

  python capture_devices.py -list_all -save
  # or
  python capture_devices.py -audio -alternative -save
  

Usage with pip

First install the packages using with pip

  pip install capture-devices

After, you can import package similarly:

from capture_devices import devices

For using this library, follow these structure:

result = devices.run_with_param(device_type='audio', alt_name=True,result_= True)
print(result)

# or 

devices.run_with_param(alt_name=True,list_all=True)

Capturing Video Device with FFmpeg Example

cmd = [f'{FFMPEG_PATH}', '-loglevel', 'quiet',
        '-f', 'dshow',
        '-thread_queue_size', f'{thread_queue_size}',
        '-rtbufsize', '2147480000',
        '-i', 'video={NAME OF ANY CAPTURE DEVICE}', #alternative names allowed too.
        '-preset' ,'ultrafast', 
        '-f', 'rawvideo',
        '-threads' , '1',
        '-pix_fmt','bgr24',
        '-']

License

MIT