diff --git a/src/_pytest/capture.py b/src/_pytest/capture.py
index 4b66bb451..275322cc3 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/capture.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/capture.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Per-test stdout/stderr capturing mechanism."""
+import abc
 import collections
 import contextlib
 import io
@@ -6,14 +7,20 @@ import os
 import sys
 from io import UnsupportedOperation
 from tempfile import TemporaryFile
+from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Any
 from typing import AnyStr
+from typing import BinaryIO
 from typing import Generator
 from typing import Generic
+from typing import Iterable
+from typing import Iterator
+from typing import List
 from typing import NamedTuple
 from typing import Optional
 from typing import TextIO
 from typing import Tuple
+from typing import Type
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Union
 
@@ -29,6 +36,7 @@ from _pytest.nodes import File
 from _pytest.nodes import Item
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing_extensions import Final
     from typing_extensions import Literal
 
     _CaptureMethod = Literal["fd", "sys", "no", "tee-sys"]
@@ -185,19 +193,27 @@ class TeeCaptureIO(CaptureIO):
         return self._other.write(s)
 
 
-class DontReadFromInput:
-    encoding = None
+class DontReadFromInput(TextIO):
+    @property
+    def encoding(self) -> str:
+        return sys.__stdin__.encoding
 
-    def read(self, *args):
+    def read(self, size: int = -1) -> str:
         raise OSError(
             "pytest: reading from stdin while output is captured!  Consider using `-s`."
         )
 
     readline = read
-    readlines = read
-    __next__ = read
 
-    def __iter__(self):
+    def __next__(self) -> str:
+        return self.readline()
+
+    def readlines(self, hint: Optional[int] = -1) -> List[str]:
+        raise OSError(
+            "pytest: reading from stdin while output is captured!  Consider using `-s`."
+        )
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[str]:
         return self
 
     def fileno(self) -> int:
@@ -215,7 +231,7 @@ class DontReadFromInput:
     def readable(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
-    def seek(self, offset: int) -> int:
+    def seek(self, offset: int, whence: int = 0) -> int:
         raise UnsupportedOperation("redirected stdin is pseudofile, has no seek(int)")
 
     def seekable(self) -> bool:
@@ -224,41 +240,104 @@ class DontReadFromInput:
     def tell(self) -> int:
         raise UnsupportedOperation("redirected stdin is pseudofile, has no tell()")
 
-    def truncate(self, size: int) -> None:
+    def truncate(self, size: Optional[int] = None) -> int:
         raise UnsupportedOperation("cannont truncate stdin")
 
-    def write(self, *args) -> None:
+    def write(self, data: str) -> int:
         raise UnsupportedOperation("cannot write to stdin")
 
-    def writelines(self, *args) -> None:
+    def writelines(self, lines: Iterable[str]) -> None:
         raise UnsupportedOperation("Cannot write to stdin")
 
     def writable(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
-    @property
-    def buffer(self):
+    def __enter__(self) -> "DontReadFromInput":
         return self
 
+    def __exit__(
+        self,
+        type: Optional[Type[BaseException]],
+        value: Optional[BaseException],
+        traceback: Optional[TracebackType],
+    ) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def buffer(self) -> BinaryIO:
+        # The str/bytes doesn't actually matter in this type, so OK to fake.
+        return self  # type: ignore[return-value]
+
 
 # Capture classes.
 
 
+class CaptureBase(abc.ABC, Generic[AnyStr]):
+    EMPTY_BUFFER: AnyStr
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def __init__(self, fd: int) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def done(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def suspend(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def resume(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def writeorg(self, data: AnyStr) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def snap(self) -> AnyStr:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
 patchsysdict = {0: "stdin", 1: "stdout", 2: "stderr"}
 
 
-class NoCapture:
-    EMPTY_BUFFER = None
-    __init__ = start = done = suspend = resume = lambda *args: None
+class NoCapture(CaptureBase[str]):
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = ""
+
+    def __init__(self, fd: int) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def done(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def suspend(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def resume(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def snap(self) -> str:
+        return ""
+
+    def writeorg(self, data: str) -> None:
+        pass
 
 
-class SysCaptureBinary:
-
-    EMPTY_BUFFER = b""
-
-    def __init__(self, fd: int, tmpfile=None, *, tee: bool = False) -> None:
+class SysCaptureBase(CaptureBase[AnyStr]):
+    def __init__(
+        self, fd: int, tmpfile: Optional[TextIO] = None, *, tee: bool = False
+    ) -> None:
         name = patchsysdict[fd]
-        self._old = getattr(sys, name)
+        self._old: TextIO = getattr(sys, name)
         self.name = name
         if tmpfile is None:
             if name == "stdin":
@@ -298,14 +377,6 @@ class SysCaptureBinary:
         setattr(sys, self.name, self.tmpfile)
         self._state = "started"
 
-    def snap(self):
-        self._assert_state("snap", ("started", "suspended"))
-        self.tmpfile.seek(0)
-        res = self.tmpfile.buffer.read()
-        self.tmpfile.seek(0)
-        self.tmpfile.truncate()
-        return res
-
     def done(self) -> None:
         self._assert_state("done", ("initialized", "started", "suspended", "done"))
         if self._state == "done":
@@ -327,36 +398,43 @@ class SysCaptureBinary:
         setattr(sys, self.name, self.tmpfile)
         self._state = "started"
 
-    def writeorg(self, data) -> None:
+
+class SysCaptureBinary(SysCaptureBase[bytes]):
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = b""
+
+    def snap(self) -> bytes:
+        self._assert_state("snap", ("started", "suspended"))
+        self.tmpfile.seek(0)
+        res = self.tmpfile.buffer.read()
+        self.tmpfile.seek(0)
+        self.tmpfile.truncate()
+        return res
+
+    def writeorg(self, data: bytes) -> None:
         self._assert_state("writeorg", ("started", "suspended"))
         self._old.flush()
         self._old.buffer.write(data)
         self._old.buffer.flush()
 
 
-class SysCapture(SysCaptureBinary):
-    EMPTY_BUFFER = ""  # type: ignore[assignment]
+class SysCapture(SysCaptureBase[str]):
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = ""
 
-    def snap(self):
+    def snap(self) -> str:
+        self._assert_state("snap", ("started", "suspended"))
+        assert isinstance(self.tmpfile, CaptureIO)
         res = self.tmpfile.getvalue()
         self.tmpfile.seek(0)
         self.tmpfile.truncate()
         return res
 
-    def writeorg(self, data):
+    def writeorg(self, data: str) -> None:
         self._assert_state("writeorg", ("started", "suspended"))
         self._old.write(data)
         self._old.flush()
 
 
-class FDCaptureBinary:
-    """Capture IO to/from a given OS-level file descriptor.
-
-    snap() produces `bytes`.
-    """
-
-    EMPTY_BUFFER = b""
-
+class FDCaptureBase(CaptureBase[AnyStr]):
     def __init__(self, targetfd: int) -> None:
         self.targetfd = targetfd
 
@@ -382,7 +460,7 @@ class FDCaptureBinary:
 
         if targetfd == 0:
             self.tmpfile = open(os.devnull, encoding="utf-8")
-            self.syscapture = SysCapture(targetfd)
+            self.syscapture: CaptureBase[str] = SysCapture(targetfd)
         else:
             self.tmpfile = EncodedFile(
                 TemporaryFile(buffering=0),
@@ -394,7 +472,7 @@ class FDCaptureBinary:
             if targetfd in patchsysdict:
                 self.syscapture = SysCapture(targetfd, self.tmpfile)
             else:
-                self.syscapture = NoCapture()
+                self.syscapture = NoCapture(targetfd)
 
         self._state = "initialized"
 
@@ -421,14 +499,6 @@ class FDCaptureBinary:
         self.syscapture.start()
         self._state = "started"
 
-    def snap(self):
-        self._assert_state("snap", ("started", "suspended"))
-        self.tmpfile.seek(0)
-        res = self.tmpfile.buffer.read()
-        self.tmpfile.seek(0)
-        self.tmpfile.truncate()
-        return res
-
     def done(self) -> None:
         """Stop capturing, restore streams, return original capture file,
         seeked to position zero."""
@@ -461,22 +531,38 @@ class FDCaptureBinary:
         os.dup2(self.tmpfile.fileno(), self.targetfd)
         self._state = "started"
 
-    def writeorg(self, data):
+
+class FDCaptureBinary(FDCaptureBase[bytes]):
+    """Capture IO to/from a given OS-level file descriptor.
+
+    snap() produces `bytes`.
+    """
+
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = b""
+
+    def snap(self) -> bytes:
+        self._assert_state("snap", ("started", "suspended"))
+        self.tmpfile.seek(0)
+        res = self.tmpfile.buffer.read()
+        self.tmpfile.seek(0)
+        self.tmpfile.truncate()
+        return res
+
+    def writeorg(self, data: bytes) -> None:
         """Write to original file descriptor."""
         self._assert_state("writeorg", ("started", "suspended"))
         os.write(self.targetfd_save, data)
 
 
-class FDCapture(FDCaptureBinary):
+class FDCapture(FDCaptureBase[str]):
     """Capture IO to/from a given OS-level file descriptor.
 
     snap() produces text.
     """
 
-    # Ignore type because it doesn't match the type in the superclass (bytes).
-    EMPTY_BUFFER = ""  # type: ignore
+    EMPTY_BUFFER = ""
 
-    def snap(self):
+    def snap(self) -> str:
         self._assert_state("snap", ("started", "suspended"))
         self.tmpfile.seek(0)
         res = self.tmpfile.read()
@@ -484,9 +570,11 @@ class FDCapture(FDCaptureBinary):
         self.tmpfile.truncate()
         return res
 
-    def writeorg(self, data):
+    def writeorg(self, data: str) -> None:
         """Write to original file descriptor."""
-        super().writeorg(data.encode("utf-8"))  # XXX use encoding of original stream
+        self._assert_state("writeorg", ("started", "suspended"))
+        # XXX use encoding of original stream
+        os.write(self.targetfd_save, data.encode("utf-8"))
 
 
 # MultiCapture
@@ -516,10 +604,15 @@ class MultiCapture(Generic[AnyStr]):
     _state = None
     _in_suspended = False
 
-    def __init__(self, in_, out, err) -> None:
-        self.in_ = in_
-        self.out = out
-        self.err = err
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        in_: Optional[CaptureBase[AnyStr]],
+        out: Optional[CaptureBase[AnyStr]],
+        err: Optional[CaptureBase[AnyStr]],
+    ) -> None:
+        self.in_: Optional[CaptureBase[AnyStr]] = in_
+        self.out: Optional[CaptureBase[AnyStr]] = out
+        self.err: Optional[CaptureBase[AnyStr]] = err
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return "<MultiCapture out={!r} err={!r} in_={!r} _state={!r} _in_suspended={!r}>".format(
@@ -543,8 +636,10 @@ class MultiCapture(Generic[AnyStr]):
         """Pop current snapshot out/err capture and flush to orig streams."""
         out, err = self.readouterr()
         if out:
+            assert self.out is not None
             self.out.writeorg(out)
         if err:
+            assert self.err is not None
             self.err.writeorg(err)
         return out, err
 
@@ -565,6 +660,7 @@ class MultiCapture(Generic[AnyStr]):
         if self.err:
             self.err.resume()
         if self._in_suspended:
+            assert self.in_ is not None
             self.in_.resume()
             self._in_suspended = False
 
@@ -587,7 +683,8 @@ class MultiCapture(Generic[AnyStr]):
     def readouterr(self) -> CaptureResult[AnyStr]:
         out = self.out.snap() if self.out else ""
         err = self.err.snap() if self.err else ""
-        return CaptureResult(out, err)
+        # TODO: This type error is real, need to fix.
+        return CaptureResult(out, err)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
 
 def _get_multicapture(method: "_CaptureMethod") -> MultiCapture[str]:
@@ -627,7 +724,7 @@ class CaptureManager:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, method: "_CaptureMethod") -> None:
-        self._method = method
+        self._method: Final = method
         self._global_capturing: Optional[MultiCapture[str]] = None
         self._capture_fixture: Optional[CaptureFixture[Any]] = None
 
@@ -796,14 +893,18 @@ class CaptureFixture(Generic[AnyStr]):
     :fixture:`capfd` and :fixture:`capfdbinary` fixtures."""
 
     def __init__(
-        self, captureclass, request: SubRequest, *, _ispytest: bool = False
+        self,
+        captureclass: Type[CaptureBase[AnyStr]],
+        request: SubRequest,
+        *,
+        _ispytest: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         check_ispytest(_ispytest)
-        self.captureclass = captureclass
+        self.captureclass: Type[CaptureBase[AnyStr]] = captureclass
         self.request = request
         self._capture: Optional[MultiCapture[AnyStr]] = None
-        self._captured_out = self.captureclass.EMPTY_BUFFER
-        self._captured_err = self.captureclass.EMPTY_BUFFER
+        self._captured_out: AnyStr = self.captureclass.EMPTY_BUFFER
+        self._captured_err: AnyStr = self.captureclass.EMPTY_BUFFER
 
     def _start(self) -> None:
         if self._capture is None:
@@ -858,7 +959,9 @@ class CaptureFixture(Generic[AnyStr]):
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def disabled(self) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
         """Temporarily disable capturing while inside the ``with`` block."""
-        capmanager = self.request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
+        capmanager: CaptureManager = self.request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin(
+            "capturemanager"
+        )
         with capmanager.global_and_fixture_disabled():
             yield
 
@@ -885,8 +988,8 @@ def capsys(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[str], None, None]:
             captured = capsys.readouterr()
             assert captured.out == "hello\n"
     """
-    capman = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
-    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture[str](SysCapture, request, _ispytest=True)
+    capman: CaptureManager = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
+    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture(SysCapture, request, _ispytest=True)
     capman.set_fixture(capture_fixture)
     capture_fixture._start()
     yield capture_fixture
@@ -913,8 +1016,8 @@ def capsysbinary(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[bytes], None,
             captured = capsysbinary.readouterr()
             assert captured.out == b"hello\n"
     """
-    capman = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
-    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture[bytes](SysCaptureBinary, request, _ispytest=True)
+    capman: CaptureManager = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
+    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture(SysCaptureBinary, request, _ispytest=True)
     capman.set_fixture(capture_fixture)
     capture_fixture._start()
     yield capture_fixture
@@ -941,8 +1044,8 @@ def capfd(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[str], None, None]:
             captured = capfd.readouterr()
             assert captured.out == "hello\n"
     """
-    capman = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
-    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture[str](FDCapture, request, _ispytest=True)
+    capman: CaptureManager = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
+    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture(FDCapture, request, _ispytest=True)
     capman.set_fixture(capture_fixture)
     capture_fixture._start()
     yield capture_fixture
@@ -970,8 +1073,8 @@ def capfdbinary(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[bytes], None, N
             assert captured.out == b"hello\n"
 
     """
-    capman = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
-    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture[bytes](FDCaptureBinary, request, _ispytest=True)
+    capman: CaptureManager = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
+    capture_fixture = CaptureFixture(FDCaptureBinary, request, _ispytest=True)
     capman.set_fixture(capture_fixture)
     capture_fixture._start()
     yield capture_fixture
diff --git a/testing/test_capture.py b/testing/test_capture.py
index 00cab1933..5d6ef64ef 100644
--- a/testing/test_capture.py
+++ b/testing/test_capture.py
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ def test_dontreadfrominput() -> None:
     from _pytest.capture import DontReadFromInput
 
     f = DontReadFromInput()
-    assert f.buffer is f
+    assert f.buffer is f  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
     assert not f.isatty()
     pytest.raises(OSError, f.read)
     pytest.raises(OSError, f.readlines)
@@ -906,7 +906,10 @@ def test_dontreadfrominput() -> None:
     pytest.raises(UnsupportedOperation, f.write, b"")
     pytest.raises(UnsupportedOperation, f.writelines, [])
     assert not f.writable()
+    assert isinstance(f.encoding, str)
     f.close()  # just for completeness
+    with f:
+        pass
 
 
 def test_captureresult() -> None:
@@ -1049,6 +1052,7 @@ class TestFDCapture:
                 )
             )
             # Should not crash with missing "_old".
+            assert isinstance(cap.syscapture, capture.SysCapture)
             assert repr(cap.syscapture) == (
                 "<SysCapture stdout _old=<UNSET> _state='done' tmpfile={!r}>".format(
                     cap.syscapture.tmpfile
@@ -1349,6 +1353,7 @@ def test_capsys_results_accessible_by_attribute(capsys: CaptureFixture[str]) ->
 
 def test_fdcapture_tmpfile_remains_the_same() -> None:
     cap = StdCaptureFD(out=False, err=True)
+    assert isinstance(cap.err, capture.FDCapture)
     try:
         cap.start_capturing()
         capfile = cap.err.tmpfile