How to get YUV video data stream from web cameras in C# NOT USING DIRECT SHOW?

Question

What I need is raw camera data Stream of images\Frames in YUV format. I need to get tham using C#. And NOT USING DIRECT SHOW (if possible at all). I need a live stream not something like 1 frame per 5 seconds. If It will be mono compateble it would be grate but win only will be ok. I use .Net 3.5 but if needed I can swich to 4.

I heard Silverlight 4 can grab YUV stream so how to do it from ragular C# programm?

So How to get YUV video data stream from web cameras in C# NOT USING DIRECT SHOW?

Answer 1

getting raw yuv data frome webcam without DirectShow might be impossible as far as I know. Opencv VideoCapture class use DirectShow as well.

For DirectShow solutions: check here

I have a simpler solution(based on DirectShow as well) for cpp with opencv check the answer