/// <summary>
/// Take a picture
/// </summary>
public void TakePictures()
{
Stream video;
Device.StartCaptureContinuous();
while (IsRunning)
{
try
{
video = Device.CaptureContinuous();
Bitmap myBitmap = new Bitmap(video);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(myBitmap);
g.DrawString(DateTime.Now.AddHours(Timezone).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"), new Font("Tahoma", 20), Brushes.White, new PointF(0, 0));
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
myBitmap.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
LastImage = ms.ToArray();
}
NewImageReady?.Invoke(this, new NewImageReadyEventArgs(LastImage));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"{ex}");
Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
}
Device.StopCaptureContinuous();
}
/// <summary>
/// Open device connection and start capturing if it is not already.
/// </summary>
public void StartCapture()
{
// check if the connection is already open, multiple connections to the same video device are not supported.
if (!_device.IsOpen)
{
_device.StartCaptureContinuous();
}
// check if the device is already capturing, multiple captures on the same video device are not supported.
if (!_device.IsCapturing)
{
new Thread(() => { _device.CaptureContinuous(_tokenSource.Token); }).Start();
}
}