Description
I like to watch TV on my PC while I'm coding. However, I want the TV picture to take up as little space as possible. Every
application I have tried doesn't offer all the functionality that I want. I don't want the border around the picture, that's
wasted space. I want the picture always on top so when I switch away from Visual Studio I can still the picture. Finally,
When I'm watching a widescreen show (Angel) I don't want to waste the space on the black borders. Well, luckily at work
I had to learn how to display a video in signal for this video capture module I was working on. So didn't take me long before
I decided I should just write my own video input application. So here are the features of my Video Input application:
How To
Hopefully no one has trouble using this app but you never know. The first time you load it up right click on the window and choose
your video input device and video source. Next you should decide how big of a picture you want, so resize the window the till the picture
is the size you want. Next thing you wanna do is get rid of the borders, right click on the video and goto Placements and select "Allow
Placement". Now you should be able to move the video picture around. Left click and hold and move the picture around till you can't see any
border on the top and left side. When your done let go of the button and then resize the bottom of the window to get rid of the bottom and
right border. Now just to be safe right click on the window and go back to the Placements menu and choose "Lock Place". So now move the
window to where you want it on the screen and then go back to the menu and get rid of the border. That's it. Pretty much everything is
self-explanatory but whatever this should be enough to get you started.
Change Log
Version 1.0
- Initial Release