# Best way to stream from a direct show filter (specifically MediaLooks Screencap)?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/best-way-to-stream-from-a-direct-show-filter-specifically-medialooks-screencap/34591>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 10, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/best-way-to-stream-from-a-direct-show-filter-specifically-medialooks-screencap/34591 "2010-04-10T13:47:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Peterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@John\_Peterson](https://community.wowza.com/u/John_Peterson)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/best-way-to-stream-from-a-direct-show-filter-specifically-medialooks-screencap/34591/1 "2010-04-10T13:47:41Z")

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I’d like to stream to a multicast rtp/udp address, in h264/AAC 1920 x1080, from the screen active window (win xp host), using Medialooks screen cap direct show filter. Any thoughts on the best way to do this using Media Server 2? (if possible, to a quicktime client)

Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![Charlie\_Good](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/charlie_good/32/383_2.png) [@Charlie\_Good](https://community.wowza.com/u/Charlie_Good)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/best-way-to-stream-from-a-direct-show-filter-specifically-medialooks-screencap/34591/2 "2010-04-10T10:59:33Z")

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I am not familiar with that tool. I am not sure how you would get the output to Wowza.

Charlie

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**Author:** ![Oliver\_Lietz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Oliver\_Lietz](https://community.wowza.com/u/Oliver_Lietz)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/best-way-to-stream-from-a-direct-show-filter-specifically-medialooks-screencap/34591/3 "2010-04-23T22:48:55Z")

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You might use our Live Video Encoder SDK, which features H.264 encoder and RTMP streaming DirectShow filters. Working with screen capture devices based on DirectShow should be no problem.

[http://www.nanocosmos.de/nanoStream](http://www.nanocosmos.de/nanoStream)

- Oliver