cameraDevice QML Value Type

Describes a camera device. More...

Import Statement: import QtMultimedia

Properties

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:

ConstantDescription
cameraDevice.UnspecifiedPositionThe camera position is unspecified or unknown.
cameraDevice.BackFaceThe 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.FrontFaceThe 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.