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Asked: 2026-06-09T13:07:00+00:00

I’m running into an issue where I’m trying to copy the pixel buffer for

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I’m running into an issue where I’m trying to copy the pixel buffer for one WriteableBitmap over to another WriteableBitmap essentially giving a copy of the WriteableBitmap object. However, when I try to do this I run into an issue where the second WriteableBitmap’s stream length is too short to hold all the values of the first WriteableBitmap.
I posted my code below. Keep in mind that I’m capturing the original data from a webcam. However, when I compare the “ps” object’s stream size to wb1 and wb2, ps’s size is much smaller than both of them. What I’m confused about is why wb2 stream size is smaller than wb1’s. Thanks for any help.

private MemoryStream originalStream = new MemoryStream();
WriteableBitmap wb1 = new WriteableBitmap((int)photoBox.Width, (int)photoBox.Height);
WriteableBitmap wb2 = new WriteableBitmap((int)photoBox.Width, (int)photoBox.Height);

ImageEncodingProperties imageProperties = ImageEncodingProperties.CreateJpeg();
var ps = new InMemoryRandomAccessStream();

await mc.CapturePhotoToStreamAsync(imageProperties, ps);
await ps.FlushAsync();

ps.Seek(0);

wb1.SetSource(ps);
(wb1.PixelBuffer.AsStream()).CopyTo(originalStream); // this works

originalStream.Position = 0;
originalStream.CopyTo(wb2.PixelBuffer.AsStream()); // this line gives me the error: "Unable to expand length of this stream beyond its capacity"

Image img = new Image(); 
img.Source = wb2; // my hope is to treat this as it's own entity and modify this image independently of wb1 or originalStream

photoBox.Source =wb1;
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  1. Editorial Team

    Note that when you do new WriteableBitmap(w, h) and then call SetSource() to an image of a different resolution – the bitmap’s size will change (it won’t be the w x h passed in the constructor). It’s likely that your photoBox.Width/Height are different than what your CapturePhotoToStreamAsync() call returns (I am assuming the image is captured at the default or preconfigured camera settings, while photoBox is just a control on screen).

    How about just doing someting like this

    ps.Seek(0);
wb1.SetSource(ps);
ps.Seek(0);
wb2.SetSource(ps);
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