ByteScout Image To Video SDK – C# – Batch Video Generation

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batch video generation in C# using ByteScout Image To Video SDK

How To: tutorial on batch video generation in C#

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. Batch video generation in C# can be implemented with ByteScout Image To Video SDK. ByteScout Image To Video SDK is the SDK that is designed to generate video slideshow with 100+ 2d and 3D transition effects. Can generate WMV, AVI, WEBM video file with adjustable quality, framerate, output video size.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do batch video generation in C# with the help of ByteScout Image To Video SDK. C# sample code is all you need: copy and paste the code to your C# application’s code editor, add a reference to ByteScout Image To Video SDK (if you haven’t added yet) and you are ready to go! You can use these C# sample examples in one or many applications.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using BytescoutImageToVideo;

namespace BatchVideoGeneration
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			try
			{
            	Console.WriteLine("Converting JPG slides to video, please wait...");

				for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
				{
					// Create BytescoutImageToVideoLib.ImageToVideo object instance
					ImageToVideo converter = new ImageToVideo();

					// Activate the component
					converter.RegistrationName = "demo";
					converter.RegistrationKey = "demo";

					// Set output video size
					converter.OutputWidth = 640;
					converter.OutputHeight = 480;

					// Add images and set duration and effects for every slide
					Slide slide;
					slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide1.jpg");
					slide.Duration = 3000; // 3000ms = 3s
					slide.InEffect = TransitionEffectType.teFade;
					slide.OutEffect = TransitionEffectType.teFade;
					Release(slide); // useful to decrease memory consumption during the batch conversion but not critical

					slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide2.jpg");
					slide.Duration = 3000;
					slide.InEffect = TransitionEffectType.teWipeLeft;
					slide.OutEffect = TransitionEffectType.teWipeRight;
					Release(slide);

					slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide3.jpg");
					slide.Duration = 3000;
					slide.InEffect = TransitionEffectType.teWipeLeft;
					slide.OutEffect = TransitionEffectType.teWipeRight;
					Release(slide);

					// Set output video file name
					converter.OutputVideoFileName = "result" + i + ".wmv";

					// Run the conversion
					converter.RunAndWait();

					Console.WriteLine("Created " + converter.OutputVideoFileName);

					// CRITICAL! 
					// Releases all resources consumed during the conversion
					Release(converter);
				}

				Console.WriteLine("Done. Press any key to continue..");
				Console.ReadKey();
			}
			catch (Exception e)
			{
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.ToString());
                Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to exit");
                Console.ReadKey();
            }
		}

		static void Release(object o)
		{
			try
			{
				System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(o);
			}
			catch
			{
			}
			finally
			{
				o = null;
			}
		}
	}
}