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CameraDevice Class Reference

Controls any video capture devices that might be available. More...

Classes

class  Listener
 Receives callbacks with images from a CameraDevice. More...
 

Public Member Functions

virtual ~CameraDevice ()
 Destructor. More...
 
const StringgetName () const noexcept
 Returns the name of this device. More...
 
ComponentcreateViewerComponent ()
 Creates a component that can be used to display a preview of the video from this camera. More...
 
void startRecordingToFile (const File &file, int quality=2)
 Starts recording video to the specified file. More...
 
void stopRecording ()
 Stops recording, after a call to startRecordingToFile(). More...
 
Time getTimeOfFirstRecordedFrame () const
 After calling stopRecording(), this method can be called to return the timestamp of the first frame that was written to the file. More...
 
void addListener (Listener *listenerToAdd)
 Adds a listener to receive images from the camera. More...
 
void removeListener (Listener *listenerToRemove)
 Removes a listener that was previously added with addListener(). More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static StringArray getAvailableDevices ()
 Returns a list of the available cameras on this machine. More...
 
static CameraDeviceopenDevice (int deviceIndex, int minWidth=128, int minHeight=64, int maxWidth=1024, int maxHeight=768)
 Opens a camera device. More...
 
static String getFileExtension ()
 Returns the file extension that should be used for the files that you pass to startRecordingToFile(). More...
 

Detailed Description

Controls any video capture devices that might be available.

Use getAvailableDevices() to list the devices that are attached to the system, then call openDevice to open one for use. Once you have a CameraDevice object, you can get a viewer component from it, and use its methods to stream to a file or capture still-frames.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual CameraDevice::~CameraDevice ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

static StringArray CameraDevice::getAvailableDevices ( )
static

Returns a list of the available cameras on this machine.

You can open one of these devices by calling openDevice().

static CameraDevice* CameraDevice::openDevice ( int  deviceIndex,
int  minWidth = 128,
int  minHeight = 64,
int  maxWidth = 1024,
int  maxHeight = 768 
)
static

Opens a camera device.

The index parameter indicates which of the items returned by getAvailableDevices() to open.

The size constraints allow the method to choose between different resolutions if the camera supports this. If the resolution cam't be specified (e.g. on the Mac) then these will be ignored.

const String& CameraDevice::getName ( ) const
noexcept

Returns the name of this device.

Component* CameraDevice::createViewerComponent ( )

Creates a component that can be used to display a preview of the video from this camera.

void CameraDevice::startRecordingToFile ( const File file,
int  quality = 2 
)

Starts recording video to the specified file.

You should use getFileExtension() to find out the correct extension to use for your filename.

If the file exists, it will be deleted before the recording starts.

This method may not start recording instantly, so if you need to know the exact time at which the file begins, you can call getTimeOfFirstRecordedFrame() after the recording has finished.

The quality parameter can be 0, 1, or 2, to indicate low, medium, or high. It may or may not be used, depending on the driver.

void CameraDevice::stopRecording ( )

Stops recording, after a call to startRecordingToFile().

static String CameraDevice::getFileExtension ( )
static

Returns the file extension that should be used for the files that you pass to startRecordingToFile().

This may be platform-specific, e.g. ".mov" or ".avi".

Time CameraDevice::getTimeOfFirstRecordedFrame ( ) const

After calling stopRecording(), this method can be called to return the timestamp of the first frame that was written to the file.

void CameraDevice::addListener ( Listener listenerToAdd)

Adds a listener to receive images from the camera.

Be very careful not to delete the listener without first removing it by calling removeListener().

void CameraDevice::removeListener ( Listener listenerToRemove)

Removes a listener that was previously added with addListener().


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