ByteScout Image To Video SDK – C# – Multiple Videos At Once

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How to use ByteScout Image To Video SDK for multiple videos at once in C#

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. ByteScout Image To Video SDK was made to help with multiple videos at once in C#. ByteScout Image To Video SDK is the software development kit that can take a set of images and generate video slide show from them. Includes built-in support for 100+ of 2-D and 3-D slide transitions effects. Supports output in WMV, AVI, WEBM video formats.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do multiple videos at once in C# with the help of ByteScout Image To Video SDK. In order to implement this functionality, you should copy and paste code below into your app using code editor. Then compile and run your application. C# application implementation typically includes multiple stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Threading;
using BytescoutImageToVideo;

namespace MultipleInstances
{
    class Program
    {
        private static int numBusy;
        private static ManualResetEvent doneEvent;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            doneEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);

            Console.WriteLine("Converting JPG slides to video in multiple threads, please wait...");

            numBusy = 10; // 10 threads to start

            // Start threads
            for (int i = 1; i <= numBusy; i++)
            {
                ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(DoWork, i);
            }

            // wait for all threads finished
            doneEvent.WaitOne();

            Console.WriteLine("All threads are finished. Press any key to continue..");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
        
        static TransitionEffectType GetRandomEffect()
        {
            Random rr = new Random();
            return (TransitionEffectType)(rr.Next((int)TransitionEffectType.teZoomOut, (int)TransitionEffectType.teBlinds3DHorz));
        }

        static void DoWork(object data)
        {
            int index = (int)data;

            try
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Thread {0} started...", index);

				// Create BytescoutImageToVideo.ImageToVideo object instance
				ImageToVideo converter = new ImageToVideo();

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

                // Add images and set the duration for every slide
                Slide slide;
                slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide1.jpg");
                slide.Duration = 3000; // 3000ms = 3s
                slide.InEffect = GetRandomEffect();
                slide.OutEffect = GetRandomEffect();


                slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide2.jpg");
                slide.Duration = 3000;
                slide.InEffect = GetRandomEffect();
                slide.OutEffect = GetRandomEffect();

                slide = converter.AddImageFromFileName("..\\..\\..\\..\\slide3.jpg");
                slide.Duration = 3000;
                slide.InEffect = GetRandomEffect();
                slide.OutEffect = GetRandomEffect();
                
                // Set output video size
                converter.OutputWidth = 640;
                converter.OutputHeight = 480;

                // Set output video file name
                converter.OutputVideoFileName = String.Format("result_{0}.wmv", index);

                // Run the conversion
                converter.RunAndWait();

                // Release resources
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(converter);

                Console.WriteLine("Thread {0} finished.", index);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Thread {0} failed: {1}", index, ex.Message);
            }

            // check until numBusy is equal to 0 (as it we use it as a counter to count finished threads)
            if (Interlocked.Decrement(ref numBusy) == 0)
            {
                doneEvent.Set();
            }
        }
    }
}