video capture from firewire c++ windows

Question

I'm using eclipse and c++ on windows and I have to capture a video from a firewire camera but I have no ideas of which libraries should I use.

I prefer to not install anything, but using some libraries if it's possible.

if you can also post a code example of how to capture the video it would be very helpfull.

thank you

Answer 1

Video capture API in Windows is DirectShow or Media Foundation. With DirectShow you can capture video in a way similar to other video sources (frame grabbers, web cameras etc). See Capture firewire video: does this require DirectShow?.