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If returns
Camera.get
cameras installed on the system. To determine whether any cameras are installed, use
Camera.names.length
choose the camera to be referenced by
Scanning the hardware for cameras takes time. When Flash finds at least one camera, the
hardware is not scanned again for the lifetime of the player instance. However, if Flash doesn't
find any cameras, it will scan each time
forgotten to connect the camera; if your SWF file provides a Try Again button that calls
, Flash can find the camera without the user having to restart the SWF file.
Camera.get
Example
The following example lets you select an active camera to use from a ComboBox instance. The
current active camera is displayed in a Label instance.
var my_cam:Camera = Camera.get();
var my_video:Video;
my_video.attachVideo(my_cam);
var camera_lbl:mx.controls.Label;
var cameras_cb:mx.controls.ComboBox;
camera_lbl.text = my_cam.name;
cameras_cb.dataProvider = Camera.names;
function changeCamera():Void {
my_cam = Camera.get(cameras_cb.selectedIndex);
my_video.attachVideo(my_cam);
camera_lbl.text = my_cam.name;
}
cameras_cb.addEventListener("change", changeCamera);
camera_lbl.setStyle("fontSize", 9);
cameras_cb.setStyle("fontSize", 9);
See also
,
Camera.index
System.showSettings()
Camera.height
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
active_cam.height:Number
Description
Read-only property; the current capture height, in pixels. To set a value for this property, use
Camera.setMode()
Example
The following code displays the current width, height and FPS of a video instance in a Label
component instance on the Stage.
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, either the camera is in use by another application, or there are no
null
. To display the Flash Player Camera Settings panel, which lets the user
,
Camera.muted Camera.names
,
Video.attachVideo()
.
, use
Camera.get() System.showSettings(3)
is called. This is helpful if a user has
Camera.get
,
Camera.onStatus
.
, ,
Camera.setMode()