title: "Fake" DirectShow video capture device
body: <p>This is tangential to the last few questions I've asked.</p>
  
  <p>I need to get video from an IP webcam (SNC-RZ25N) to Flash Media Server. I'd rather not have to use Windows, but if it makes things easier, I will. (Flash Media Live Encoder is a Windows only program.)</p>
  
  <p>I've considered many different routes from point A to point B, but it seems like the easiest might be to just use Flash Media Live Encoder to publish to Flash Media Server. Then the only gap I have to bridge is getting a video source readable by Flash Media Live Encoder.</p>
  
  <p>Of course, my source is on the network and FMLE looks for a "Microsoft DirectShow compatible video capture device". I have found a not-free SDK ( <a href="http://www.e2esoft.cn/vcam/vcamsdk.asp" rel="noreferrer">http://www.e2esoft.cn/vcam/vcamsdk.asp</a> ) that should allow me to spoof such a device and hopefully send the camera stream to FMS.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know of a different program or SDK I should be using? Am I making things more complicated than they need to be?</p>