QCamera¶

The QCamera class provides interface for system camera devices. More…

Synopsis¶

Functions¶

def captureMode ()
def error ()
def errorString ()
def exposure ()
def focus ()
def imageProcessing ()
def isCaptureModeSupported (mode)
def lockStatus ()
def lockStatus (lock)
def requestedLocks ()
def setViewfinder (surface)
def setViewfinderSettings (settings)
def state ()
def status ()
def supportedLocks ()
def supportedViewfinderFrameRateRanges ([settings=QCameraViewfinderSettings()])
def supportedViewfinderPixelFormats ([settings=QCameraViewfinderSettings()])
def supportedViewfinderResolutions ([settings=QCameraViewfinderSettings()])
def supportedViewfinderSettings ([settings=QCameraViewfinderSettings()])
def viewfinderSettings ()

Slots¶

def load ()
def searchAndLock ()
def searchAndLock (locks)
def setCaptureMode (mode)
def start ()
def stop ()
def unload ()
def unlock ()
def unlock (locks)

Signals¶

def captureModeChanged (arg__1)
def error (arg__1)
def errorOccurred (arg__1)
def lockFailed ()
def lockStatusChanged (lock, status, reason)
def lockStatusChanged (status, reason)
def locked ()
def stateChanged (state)
def statusChanged (status)

Static functions¶

def availableDevices ()
def deviceDescription (device)

Detailed Description¶

QCamera can be used with QCameraViewfinder for viewfinder display, QMediaRecorder for video recording and QCameraImageCapture for image taking.

You can use QCameraInfo to list available cameras and choose which one to use.
const QList<QCameraInfo> cameras = QCameraInfo::availableCameras();
for (const QCameraInfo &cameraInfo : cameras) {
    if (cameraInfo.deviceName() == "mycamera")
        camera = new QCamera(cameraInfo);
}
See the camera overview for more information.

class PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera(position[, parent=None])¶

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera([parent=None])

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera(deviceName[, parent=None])

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera(cameraInfo[, parent=None])

param parent:

PySide2.QtCore.QObject

param cameraInfo:

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraInfo

param deviceName:

PySide2.QtCore.QByteArray

param position:

Position

Construct a QCamera which uses a hardware camera located a the specified position .

For example on a mobile phone it can be used to easily choose between front-facing and back-facing cameras.

If no camera is available at the specified position or if position is UnspecifiedPosition , the default camera is used.

Construct a QCamera with a parent .

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.Status¶

This enum holds the current status of the camera.

Constant	Description
QCamera.ActiveStatus	The camera has been started and can produce data. The viewfinder displays video frames in active state. Depending on backend, changing some camera settings like capture mode, codecs or resolution in `ActiveState` may lead to changing the camera status to and while the settings are applied and back to when the camera is ready.
QCamera.StartingStatus	The camera is starting in result of state transition to `ActiveState` . The camera service is not ready to capture yet.
QCamera.StoppingStatus	The camera is stopping in result of state transition from `ActiveState` to `LoadedState` or `UnloadedState` .
QCamera.StandbyStatus	The camera is in the power saving standby mode. The camera may come to the standby mode after some time of inactivity in the `LoadedState` state.
QCamera.LoadedStatus	The camera is loaded and ready to be configured. This status indicates the camera device is opened and it’s possible to query for supported image and video capture settings, like resolution, framerate and codecs.
QCamera.LoadingStatus	The camera device loading in result of state transition from `UnloadedState` to `LoadedState` or `ActiveState` .
QCamera.UnloadingStatus	The camera device is unloading in result of state transition from `LoadedState` or `ActiveState` to `UnloadedState` .
QCamera.UnloadedStatus	The initial camera status, with camera not loaded. The camera capabilities including supported capture settings may be unknown.
QCamera.UnavailableStatus	The camera or camera backend is not available.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.State¶

This enum holds the current state of the camera.

Constant	Description
QCamera.UnloadedState	The initial camera state, with camera not loaded. The camera capabilities, except supported capture modes, are unknown. While the supported settings are unknown in this state, it’s allowed to set the camera capture settings like codec, resolution, or frame rate.
QCamera.LoadedState	The camera is loaded and ready to be configured. In this state it’s allowed to query camera capabilities, set capture resolution, codecs, etc. The viewfinder is not active in the loaded state. The camera consumes power in the loaded state.
QCamera.ActiveState	In the active state as soon as camera is started the viewfinder displays video frames and the camera is ready for capture.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.CaptureMode¶

This enum holds the capture mode of the camera.

Constant	Description
QCamera.CaptureViewfinder	Camera is only configured to display viewfinder.
QCamera.CaptureStillImage	Camera is configured for still frames capture.
QCamera.CaptureVideo	Camera is configured for video capture.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.Error¶

This enum holds the last error code.

Constant	Description
QCamera.NoError	No errors have occurred.
QCamera.CameraError	An error has occurred.
QCamera.InvalidRequestError	System resource doesn’t support requested functionality.
QCamera.ServiceMissingError	No camera service available.
QCamera.NotSupportedFeatureError	The feature is not supported.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.LockStatus¶

This enum holds the overall status for all the requested camera locks.

Constant	Description
QCamera.Unlocked	The application is not interested in camera settings value. The camera may keep this parameter without changes, this is common with camera focus, or adjust exposure and white balance constantly to keep the viewfinder image nice.
QCamera.Searching	The application has requested the camera focus, exposure or white balance lock with `searchAndLock()` . This state indicates the camera is focusing or calculating exposure and white balance.
QCamera.Locked	The camera focus, exposure or white balance is locked. The camera is ready to capture, application may check the exposure stays the same, parameters. The `Locked` status usually means the requested parameter except in the cases when the parameter is requested to be constantly updated. For example, in continuous focusing mode, the focus is considered locked as long as the object is in focus, even while the actual focusing distance may be constantly changing.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.LockChangeReason¶

This enum holds the reason why the camera lock status changed.

Constant	Description
QCamera.UserRequest	The lock status changed in result of user request, usually to unlock camera settings.
QCamera.LockAcquired	The lock status successfuly changed to `Locked` .
QCamera.LockFailed	The camera failed to acquire the requested lock in result of autofocus failure, exposure out of supported range, etc.
QCamera.LockLost	The camera is not able to maintain the requested lock any more. Lock status is changed to `Unlocked` .
QCamera.LockTemporaryLost	The lock is lost, but the camera is working hard to reacquire it. This value may be used in continuous focusing mode, when the camera loses the focus, the focus lock state is changed to Qcamera::Searching with reason.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.LockType¶

This enum holds the camera lock type.

Constant	Description
QCamera.NoLock
QCamera.LockExposure	Lock camera exposure.
QCamera.LockWhiteBalance	Lock the white balance.
QCamera.LockFocus	Lock camera focus.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.Position¶

This enum specifies the physical position of the camera on the system hardware.

Constant	Description
QCamera.UnspecifiedPosition	The camera position is unspecified or unknown.
QCamera.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.
QCamera.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. Viewfinder frames of front-facing cameras are mirrored horizontally, so the users can see themselves as looking into a mirror. Captured images or videos are not mirrored.

See also

position()

static PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.availableDevices()¶

Return type:

Note

This function is deprecated.

Returns a list of camera device’s available from the default service provider.

See also

availableCameras()

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.captureMode()¶

Return type:: CaptureModes

The type of media (video or still images), the camera is configured to capture.

It’s allowed to change capture mode in any camera state, but if the camera is currently active, chaging capture mode is likely to lead to camera status chaged to LoadedStatus , LoadingStatus , and when the camera is ready to ActiveStatus .

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.captureModeChanged(arg__1)¶

Parameters:: arg__1 – CaptureModes

static PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.deviceDescription(device)¶

Parameters:: device – PySide2.QtCore.QByteArray
Return type:: str

Note

This function is deprecated.

Returns the description of the device .

See also

availableCameras() description()

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.error()¶

Return type:: Error

Returns the error state of the object.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.error(arg__1)

Parameters:: arg__1 – Error

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.errorOccurred(arg__1)¶

Parameters:: arg__1 – Error

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.errorString()¶

Return type:: str

Returns a string describing a camera’s error state.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.exposure()¶

Return type:: PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraExposure

Returns the camera exposure control object.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.focus()¶

Return type:: PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraFocus

Returns the camera focus control object.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.imageProcessing()¶

Return type:: PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraImageProcessing

Returns the camera image processing control object.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.isCaptureModeSupported(mode)¶

Parameters:: mode – CaptureModes
Return type:: bool

Returns true if the capture mode is suported.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.load()¶

Opens the camera device. The camera state is changed to LoadedState .

It’s not necessary to explicitly load the camera, unless the application needs to read the supported camera settings and change the default values according to the camera capabilities.

In all the other cases, it’s possible to start the camera directly from the unloaded state.

/sa UnloadedState

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.lockFailed()¶

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.lockStatus()¶

Return type:: LockStatus

This property holds The overall status for all the requested camera locks..

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.lockStatus(lock)

Parameters:: lock – LockType
Return type:: LockStatus

Returns the lock status for a given lockType .

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.lockStatusChanged(status, reason)¶

Parameters:

status – LockStatus
reason – LockChangeReason

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.lockStatusChanged(lock, status, reason)

Parameters:

lock – LockType
status – LockStatus
reason – LockChangeReason

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.locked()¶

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.requestedLocks()¶

Return type:: LockTypes

Returns the requested lock types.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.searchAndLock()¶: Lock all the supported camera settings.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.searchAndLock(locks)

Parameters:: locks – LockTypes

Locks the camera settings with the requested locks , including focusing in the single autofocus mode, exposure and white balance if the exposure and white balance modes are not manual.

The camera settings are usually locked before taking one or multiple still images, in responce to the shutter button being half pressed.

The locked() signal is emitted when camera settings are successfully locked, otherwise lockFailed() is emitted.

QCamera also emits lockStatusChanged ( LockType , LockStatus ) on individual lock status changes and lockStatusChanged ( LockStatus ) signal on composite status changes.

Locking serves two roles: it initializes calculation of automatic parameter (focusing, calculating the correct exposure and white balance) and allows to keep some or all of those parameters during number of shots.

If the camera doesn’t support keeping one of parameters between shots, the related lock state changes to Unlocked .

It’s also acceptable to relock already locked settings, depending on the lock parameter this initiates new focusing, exposure or white balance calculation.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.setCaptureMode(mode)¶

Parameters:: mode – CaptureModes

The type of media (video or still images), the camera is configured to capture.

It’s allowed to change capture mode in any camera state, but if the camera is currently active, chaging capture mode is likely to lead to camera status chaged to LoadedStatus , LoadingStatus , and when the camera is ready to ActiveStatus .

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.setViewfinder(surface)¶

Parameters:: surface – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAbstractVideoSurface

Sets a video surface as the viewfinder of a camera.

If a viewfinder has already been set on the camera the new surface will replace it.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.setViewfinderSettings(settings)¶

Parameters:: settings – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraViewfinderSettings

Sets the viewfinder settings .

If some parameters are not specified, or null settings are passed, the camera will choose default values.

If the camera is used to capture videos or images, the viewfinder settings might be ignored if they conflict with the capture settings. You can check the actual viewfinder settings once the camera is in the QCamera::ActiveStatus status.

Changing the viewfinder settings while the camera is in the ActiveState state may cause the camera to be restarted.

See also

viewfinderSettings() supportedViewfinderResolutions() supportedViewfinderFrameRateRanges() supportedViewfinderPixelFormats()

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.start()¶

Starts the camera.

State is changed to ActiveState if camera is started successfully, otherwise errorOccurred() signal is emitted.

While the camera state is changed to ActiveState , starting the camera service can be asynchronous with the actual status reported with status property.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.state()¶

Return type:: State

This property holds The current state of the camera object..

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.stateChanged(state)¶

Parameters:: state – State

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.status()¶

Return type:: Status

This property holds The current status of the camera object..

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.statusChanged(status)¶

Parameters:: status – Status

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.stop()¶

Stops the camera. The camera state is changed from ActiveState to LoadedState .

In this state, the camera still consumes power.

See also

unload() UnloadedState

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.supportedLocks()¶

Return type:: LockTypes

Returns the lock types that the camera supports.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.supportedViewfinderFrameRateRanges([settings=QCameraViewfinderSettings()])¶

Parameters:: settings – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraViewfinderSettings
Return type:

Returns a list of supported viewfinder frame rate ranges.

This is a convenience function which retrieves unique frame rate ranges from the supported settings.

If non null viewfinder settings are passed, the returned list is reduced to frame rate ranges supported with partial settings applied.

The camera must be loaded before calling this function, otherwise the returned list is empty.

See also

minimumFrameRate() maximumFrameRate() setViewfinderSettings()

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.supportedViewfinderPixelFormats([settings=QCameraViewfinderSettings()])¶

Parameters:: settings – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraViewfinderSettings
Return type:

Returns a list of supported viewfinder pixel formats.

This is a convenience function which retrieves unique pixel formats from the supported settings.

If non null viewfinder settings are passed, the returned list is reduced to pixel formats supported with partial settings applied.

The camera must be loaded before calling this function, otherwise the returned list is empty.

See also

pixelFormat() setViewfinderSettings()

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.supportedViewfinderResolutions([settings=QCameraViewfinderSettings()])¶

Parameters:: settings – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraViewfinderSettings
Return type:

Returns a list of supported viewfinder resolutions.

This is a convenience function which retrieves unique resolutions from the supported settings.

If non null viewfinder settings are passed, the returned list is reduced to resolutions supported with partial settings applied.

The camera must be loaded before calling this function, otherwise the returned list is empty.

See also

resolution() setViewfinderSettings()

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.supportedViewfinderSettings([settings=QCameraViewfinderSettings()])¶

Parameters:: settings – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraViewfinderSettings
Return type:

Returns a list of supported viewfinder settings.

The list is ordered by preference; preferred settings come first.

The optional settings argument can be used to conveniently filter the results. If settings is non null, the returned list is reduced to settings matching the given partial settings .

The status of the camera must be LoadedStatus before calling this function, otherwise the returned list is empty.

See also

setViewfinderSettings() supportedViewfinderResolutions() supportedViewfinderFrameRateRanges() supportedViewfinderPixelFormats()

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.unload()¶: Closes the camera device and deallocates the related resources. The camera state is changed to UnloadedState .

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.unlock()¶: Unlock all the requested camera locks.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.unlock(locks)

Parameters:: locks – LockTypes

Unlocks the camera settings specified with locks or cancel the current locking if one is active.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCamera.viewfinderSettings()¶

Return type:: PySide2.QtMultimedia.QCameraViewfinderSettings

Returns the viewfinder settings being used by the camera.

Settings may change when the camera is started, for example if the viewfinder settings are undefined or if unsupported values are set.

If viewfinder settings are not supported by the camera, it always returns a null QCameraViewfinderSettings object.

See also

setViewfinderSettings()

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