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C# wpf how to stream webcam to ip address (possibly with Vlc)

I need to stream a webcam to an ip address.
After days of googling I decided that the easiest way was to embed Vlc.
That said I am also still open to other solutions.
Step1 - OK!: I can see my webcam in a form by using that code:
vlcPlayer.MediaPlayer.VlcLibDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(#"c:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\");
vlcPlayer.MediaPlayer.EndInit();
vlcPlayer.MediaPlayer.Play(new Uri(#"dshow://");
Step2 - OK!: Now trying to make a step forward and using this tutorial I can send a video locally 127.0.0.1:5004 using 2 instances of Vlc: one to transmit and one to receive.
Step 3 - NOT OK: it should seem simple to configure vlc for changing the source from file to webcam and to transmit it via ip.
So what I do is to operate as before only changing the source:
1. Menu "Media" --> Stream. That opens the "open media" window.
Here I click the tab capture device --> video device name --> I choose "integrated webcam"
Then all the rest is as before. But nothing happens. The receiver is black with nothing inside. Also If I try to save the flow from the receiver I only get a few bytes.
The afore mentioned settings for the transmitter are the following:
Capture device tab --> integrated webcam. Then the stream button --> the window opens correctly with dshow:\ --> next --> new destination RTP,MPEG transport stream ---> add button --> address = 127.0.0.1 port = 5004 StreamNAme=test
So the strange is that when I stream a file with whatever name from the transmitter, it immediately is recognized by the receiver. Instead try as I might, nothing happens when the webcam is the source.
That being said the problem above is not crucial to the solution.
What I care for is not how to use vlc stand alone but how to use it from my wpf application in order to send the webcam stream.
Thanks for any help
Patrick

I believe this sample should help you achieve your goal:
static void Main()
{
var currentDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
// Default installation path of VideoLAN.LibVLC.Windows
var libDirectory =
new DirectoryInfo(Path.Combine(currentDirectory, "libvlc", IntPtr.Size == 4 ? "win-x86" : "win-x64"));
using (var mediaPlayer = new Vlc.DotNet.Core.VlcMediaPlayer(libDirectory))
{
var mediaOptions = new[]
{
":sout=#rtp{sdp=rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/}",
":sout-keep"
};
mediaPlayer.SetMedia(new Uri("http://hls1.addictradio.net/addictrock_aac_hls/playlist.m3u8"),
mediaOptions);
mediaPlayer.Play();
Console.WriteLine("Streaming on rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/");
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
You will need 2 nuget packages: Vlc.DotNet (C# wrapper) and VideoLAN.LibVLC.Windows (LibVLC library for Windows).

How to set the download folder for Edge in Selenium?

I am writing automated tests using Selenium. I want to set the download directory in Edge so that I can download files as part of my test. There is an EdgeOptions object that I can provide when creating the EdgeDriver, but I don't know what to set on the EdgeOptions.
I know the equivalent of how to do this in Chrome
chromeOptions.AddUserProfilePreference("download.default_directory", #"C:\temp")
and Firefox
firefoxOptions.SetPreference("browser.download.dir", #"C:\temp")
But, how do I do the same thing in Edge? And get it to download automatically without a save prompt?

As #Prany already mentioned, probably there is no way to set download automatically. And if I right understood, you want to handle with native window dialogue, when you are clicking on download button. Selenium cannot interact with native windows, but you can use this framework. The sample code would be like this:
// Press the A Key Down
KeyboardSimulator.KeyDown(Keys.A);
// Let the A Key back up
KeyboardSimulator.KeyUp(Keys.A);
// Press A down, and let up (same as two above)
KeyboardSimulator.KeyPress(Keys.A);
// Simulate (Ctrl + C) shortcut, which is copy for most applications
KeyboardSimulator.SimulateStandardShortcut(StandardShortcut.Copy);
// This does the same as above
KeyboardSimulator.KeyDown(Keys.Control);
KeyboardSimulator.KeyPress(Keys.C);
KeyboardSimulator.KeyUp(Keys.Control);
So you can simulate Ctrl + V keyboard action and Enter action. Hope it helps.

You can do this for Edge like this:
// hide driver Console? true/false
EdgeDriverService service = EdgeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true; // hide Console
// change Standard-Download-Path
EdgeOptions options = new EdgeOptions();
var downloadDirectory = "C:\temp";
// Setting custom download directory
options.AddUserProfilePreference("download.default_directory", downloadDirectory);
// start Selenium Driver:
webdriver = new EdgeDriver(service, options);
// max. Window
webdriver.Manage().Window.Maximize();

C# not able to get console Logs from PhantomJSDriver (Selenium)

I'm using Selenium in C# with the PhantomJS Driver.
I need to click specific coordinates on a website, that works with using Javascript (im using the ExecutePhantomJS(string script) function of the selenium phantomjs driver). I also need to capture the network traffic. I used browsermob earlier to do that, but for now i cant use it because i also need to use another proxy. So i solved it like that until now:
//Hide CMD of PhantomJS.exe
var driverService = PhantomJSDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
driverService.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;
//Initialize Driver and execute Network Script to capture traffic
driver = new PhantomJSDriver(driverService);
driver.ExecutePhantomJS(networkScript);
//Call URL
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(url);
This is the networkScript:
string networkScript = "var page = this; page.onResourceRequested = function(req) { console.log('received: ' + JSON.stringify(res, undefined, 4)); }; page.onResourceReceived = function(res) { console.log('received: ' + JSON.stringify(res, undefined, 4)); };";
The good thing:
URL is called and all network traffic is logged into the console of the PhantomJS.exe.
But I dont know how I can get these console logs now in my C# code (I need to get specific things like URLs etc.. out of the network log).
I already read the whole afternoon but couldn't find a solution until now. Some of the things I already tried:
1) Tried to use PhantomJSOptions, there u can set LoggingPreferences and later i called driver.Manager().Logs.GetLog(LogType), but there were none of the console logs
2) Dont use console.log inside networkScript. I used require('system').stdout.write(...). It was also logged into console but I cant get the standard output stream of the phantomjs.exe from my C# code.
...
I really dont know how i could solve the problem.
One way would be to log into a .txt file instead of console, but it is very much text and later there will be many opened drivers, so I want to avoid that because then i will have very much and big .txt files

Choose a File from OpenFileDialog with C#

I have a little problem - I don't know how to Select a File and Open it in the Mozilla OpenFileDialog.
First, I open the Dialog by pressing "Browse" with Selenium and then I want to put in a File-Name (I know the exact location via Environment variable)
In my case: Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("Testplatz_Config_Location") + "\TestConfig.fpc"
So my Question, does anyone know how to handle an already open OpenFileDialog using C# - Or is it perhaps possible to handle this with Selenium?

Selenium does not provide any native way to handle windows based pop ups. But we have some third party tools like AutoIT and RobotClass to handle those windows based pop ups. Refer those and give it a a try.
AutoIT with Selenium and Java

Selenium/SeleniumWebDriver does not provide any native way to handle windows based popups. Still, the best way is to miss this popup using
IWebElement element = driver.FindElement(By.Id("file_input"));
element.SendKeys(filePath);
but this is not allways is possible. And if it is not, you can use my lib:
https://github.com/ukushu/DialogCapabilities
by the following way:
OpenFileDialog:
// for English Windows
DialogsEn.OpenFileDialog(#"d:\test.txt");
//For windows with russian GUI
Dialogs.OpenFileDialog("Открыть", #"d:\test.txt");
MultiFile selection in OpenFileDialog:
var filePaths = new string[] {#"d:\test1.txt", #"d:\test2.txt", #"d:\test3.txt"};
//Or for Eng windows:
DialogsEn.OpenFileDialog(filePaths);
//for russian language OS
Dialogs.OpenFileDialog("Открыть", filePaths);

You can use sendKeys() on the file upload element to upload a file using selenium by path. I would suggest using this instead of AutoIT or Robot.
So instead of clicking on the browse button, you send the path directly to the file input element using sendKeys().
Example:
IWebElement element = driver.FindElement(By.Id("file_input"));
element.SendKeys(
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("Testplatz_Config_Location") + "\TestConfig.fpc");

i used selenium with Robot class from Java awt. This is my solution
public static void setClipboardData(String string) {
//StringSelection is a class that can be used for copy and paste operations.
StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection(string);
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(stringSelection, null);
}
public static void uploadFile(String fileLocation) {
try {
//Setting clipboard with file location
setClipboardData(fileLocation);
//native key strokes for CTRL, V and ENTER keys
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_V);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_V);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
} catch (Exception exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}
}

Open Internet Properties and wait until user close it C#

Is there any possibility to open Internet Properties window..
Code:
System.Diagnostics.Process p;
p = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("InetCpl.Cpl", ",4");
..and wait until user close it? (and then check internet connection and continue)
This code not work:
p.WaitForExit();
I think this problem is related to Open explorer window and wait for it to close but solution for this contains only tips specific for windows explorer browser window.
Can I do this in C#?
Solution
Someone put here (only for a short moment) this full command how to open Internet Properties window:
C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,,4
I tried it .. and really .. it works!
System.Diagnostics.Process p;
p = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("rundll32.exe",
#"C:\Windows\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL"
+ " C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,,4");
p.WaitForExit();
MessageBox.Show("Properties closed");
I get "Properties closed" message only after I close Properties window.
No PID needed .. easy and perfectly elegant solution.
If the user that wrote the original response with this command write it again, I accept his solution.

Use the below Code to open control panel in separate process:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(#"C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe"
, #"C:\Windows\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL"
+ " C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,,4");
and then you can WaitForExit();