vlc as a cam?

[camtist]

hi there,

can anyone tell me if it is possible to set up vlc acting like a webCam on a win-system?
e.g. initiate a stream-output to a (virtual) wdm-device, which (probably) has to be installed in the win-os previously so that another application (like a video-editing-software) is able to receive that stream via cam-capturing.

have you heard about any solution (virtual interface) out there supporting the described wdm cam-functionality?

thanks a lot!

cheers,
camtist

[Arite]

The VLVC project is a plugin for VLC which has additional features for video conferencing:
http://www.vlvc.net/en-home.html

Arite.

[johansyd]

Yeah! You probably can, but I am not sure what you are asking for. Strictly speaking. Vlc isn't a webcam and what do you mean by stream output to a viritual wdm device. This is slightly confusing.

Here is an example of input from webcam showing in vlc trough the comandline:

http://musa.poperbu.net/index.php?optio ... =1&lang=en

[Dusty_Monk]

I need this functionality too. There is other software available that will do this e.g. www.manycam.com
Many software apps will only use a WDM virtual device as a source. It would be great to be able to stream to a virtual WDM with VLC so that that the other software can use VLC's output as a source.

An example of use would be to stream to a WDM that is the cource used by Flash Media Live Encoder. Thereby streaming rtmp.

[tigris]

I would need the same... I was looking for a sw that could stream a video through WDM, so other programs could "see" this source as a WDM capture device. So, for example there is a file or a streaming broadcast I would like to use, say in my messenger. There is a TV capture card and a webcam already installed on my PC, so I can choose from these, when I setup the IM to send a live cast, for example for a chat. What I'd need is a program (and so far I couldn't find anything, other than VLC) and a plugin or some functionality to be able to broadcast a movie or relay a broadcast, that would appear amongst the WDM sources. Any suggestions? VLC plugin or other ideas?

[tigris]

So, what I DO NOT need is:
1, any WDM capture plugins... I need WDM as an_output_from_VLC, not an input to VLC!
2, any streaming ideas... I'm aware that VLC is able to stream audio/video via lots of protocols, but the emphasis is not on broadcasting, but local capturing! WDM is the way I'd need to do it.

[tigris]

Checked out manycam, and works like charm! Also it's free.