How to create a MediaClip from RenderTargetBitmap in an efficent way?

Question

I am trying to capture a video of a XAML grid in UWP app using c#.

My approach.

1.Use RenderTargetBitmap to take a screenshot using renderTargetBitmap.RenderAsync

2.Convert the data to byte array.

3.Create an image file with the bytes and save it on disk using BitmapEncoder

4.Create a MediaClip from that image using MediaClip.CreateFromImageFileAsync

5.Add the clips to a MediaComposition composition.Clips.Add(clip)

6.Save as a video using composition.RenderToFileAsync(video);

Now this approach works.

But as you can imagine, going to disk to save the images and then read them to create the Clips, its SLOWWWW and the framerate is low.

I am looking for something that avoids going to the disk per each screenshot. Something that converts a RenderTargetBitmap (or IBuffer or byte[]) to MediaClips, without going to the disk, or some different approach to save the video.

I am developing UWP app for Hololens.

Answer 1

Try something like this:

Same as you have done.

using (var soft = SoftwareBitmap.CreateCopyFromBuffer(pixels, BitmapPixelFormat.Bgra8, renderTargetBitmap.PixelWidth, renderTargetBitmap.PixelHeight, BitmapAlphaMode.Premultiplied))
{
   CanvasBitmap canvas = CanvasBitmap.CreateFromSoftwareBitmap(CanvasDevice.GetSharedDevice(), soft); 

   MediaClip m = MediaClip.CreateFromSurface(canvas, DateTime.Now - previousFrame); 
   composition.Clips.Add(m); 
}

Remember to catch the device lost exceptions and create a new device

Answer 2

for those who are getting an exception while trying the answer from @Mediarea, try this:

CanvasRenderTarget rendertarget = null;
using (CanvasBitmap canvas = CanvasBitmap.CreateFromBytes(CanvasDevice.GetSharedDevice(), pixel_buffer, renderTargetBitmap.PixelWidth, renderTargetBitmap.PixelHeight, Windows.Graphics.DirectX.DirectXPixelFormat.B8G8R8A8UIntNormalized))
{
     rendertarget = new CanvasRenderTarget(CanvasDevice.GetSharedDevice(), canvas.SizeInPixels.Width, canvas.SizeInPixels.Height, 96);
     using (CanvasDrawingSession ds = rendertarget.CreateDrawingSession())
     {
         ds.Clear(Colors.Black);
         ds.DrawImage(canvas);
     }
}

MediaClip m = MediaClip.CreateFromSurface(rendertarget, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(80));
mc.Clips.Add(m);

If you use this, the error Stream is not in a state to handle the request goes away.