Video sources supported for preview and recording
Video sources supported for preview and recording The VideoSource property selects the video source to use:
vs_VideoCaptureDevice: selects the video capture devices available on the current platform (by default), then the video capture device is selected by the VideoDevice property,
vs_VideoFileOrURL: selects a file, URL or a static playlist specified by the VideoSource_FileOrURL property, for preview or recording (for playback with trackbar handling use OpenPlayer and the Player functions).
vs_ScreenRecording: selects the screen as video source (to perform screen recording),
vs_Mixer: In this mode the component mixes several other TVideoGrabber components. See How to mix several video sources into one a single one
vs_JPEGsOrBitmaps: the video source are bitmap handles, or BMP files or JPEG files of the same format passed to the OnVideoFromBitmaps_NextFrameNeeded event. See Video clips built on the fly by passing bitmap handles, BMP or JPEG files .
vs_VideoFromImages: the video source is built from a set of bitmaps (BMP or JPEG files). See Video clip from bitmaps: Overview .