Greetigs, I was looking for a book on directshow programming and this book was suggested: Mike Wasson and Peter Turcan:
Fundamentals of
Audio and Video Programming for Games.
Before I buy the book I was wondering if it suits my needs. I am trying
to learn programming by writing a frame grabber. I was hoping to learn
how to start the camera, initiate and manipulate the data streams, etc.
Has anyone used this book, and if so, was it useful Thanks in advance.
Looking for a book review
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Mike - Unfortunately Pesce's book has been out of print and out of stock for 2 years. Probably time to get the gang back together and update it for a v2.0 :-) Throw in a couple of chapters on MF while your at it.
Bob - As far as the book "Fundamentals of Audio and Video Programming for Games" goes, you would probably be disappointed if you bought this soley for DirectShow. DirectShow is the focus of 2 chapters of the book, and capturing from sources isn't really covered (one of the samples is capturing from a custom source and writing that to a file).
It is a great book but the focus is definately on games, and similar technology, as the title suggests. It has an excellent section on custom allocator presenters for example. It might give you enough DirectShow to get you started, but the Pesce book is a gentler intro.
-Chris
.NET Developer
Actually, for that purpose Mark Pesce's book is probably a better place to start:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/6381.aspx
Unfortunately it appears to be out of print.
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