Writing to an IntPtr/nint Buffer with ImageSharp

[Kirkpajl]

Hello, all. I am hoping to use ImageSharp to replace the .NET Bitmap in my NDI application. Currently, the NDI videoframe is updated by passing the nint buffer to the .NET Bitmap's constructor and then modifying the Bitmap/Graphic instance as required.

_bitmap = new Bitmap(_videoFrame.Width, _videoFrame.Height, _videoFrame.Stride, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppPArgb, _videoFrame.BufferPtr);

I am able to save the Image instance to a memorystream/byte array and then import the data into a .NET Bitmap and draw it on the videoframe's graphic, but that solution won't scale well when I start sending a 30fps video stream.

using MemoryStream ms = new();
imageIn.Save(ms, fmt);
ms.Position = 0;
return new Bitmap(ms);

I attempted to eliminate the .NET Bitmap step by writing the Image's data to the nint buffer directly, but the videoframe doesn't change and no exceptions are thrown.

Marshal.Copy(imageData, 0, frame.BufferPtr, imageData.Length);

I don't have much experience with unmanaged resources, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[JimBobSquarePants]

I've just opened #3066 which will address this by adding overloads for WrapMemory which handle a stride.