cameraDevice QML Value Type

Describes a camera device. More...

Import Statement: import QtMultimedia

Properties

description : string
id : string
isDefault : bool
position : enumeration
videoFormats : CameraFormat

Detailed Description

The cameraDevice value type describes the properties of a camera device that is connected to the system.

The list of camera devices can be queried from the MediaDevices type. To select a certain camera device set it as the device on Camera.

CaptureSession {
    camera: Camera {
        cameraDevice: mediaDevices.defaultVideoInput
    }
}
MediaDevices {
    id: mediaDevices
}

Property Documentation

description : string

Holds a human readable name of the camera.

Use this string to present the device to the user.

id : string

Holds he device id of the camera

This is a unique ID to identify the camera and may not be human-readable.

isDefault : bool

Is true if this is the default camera device.

position : enumeration

Returns the physical position of the camera on the hardware system.

The returned value can be one of the following:

Constant	Description
`cameraDevice.UnspecifiedPosition`	The camera position is unspecified or unknown.
`cameraDevice.BackFace`	The camera is on the back face of the system hardware. For example on a mobile device, it means it is on the opposite side to that of the screen.
`cameraDevice.FrontFace`	The camera is on the front face of the system hardware. For example on a mobile device, it means it is on the same side as that of the screen.

videoFormats : CameraFormat

Holds the video formats supported by the camera.

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