So all I need is simple - a list of currently avaliable video capture devices (web cameras). I need it in simple C++ Qt console app. By list I mean something like such console output:
1) Asus Web Camera
2) Sony Web Camera
So my question is how to cout such list using Qt C++? (if it is possible I'd love to see how to do it in pure Qt - no extra libs...)
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- How to get a list of video capture devices on windows? with correct, tested answers
- How to get a list video capture devices NAMES using Qt (crossplatform)?
I've wrote the following code to list all the USB capture devices. Remember to include webcam.h and libwebcam.h and link your code to libwecam using -lwebcam.
bool QextCamera::listAvailableDevices(QStringList * captureDeviceList){
CResult ret;
CDevice *devices = NULL;
quint32 req_size = 0;
quint32 buffer_size = 0;
quint32 count = 0;
QStringList availableDevices;
c_init();
do {
if (devices){
free(devices);
}
if(req_size){
devices = (CDevice *)malloc(req_size);
if(devices == NULL){
// LOG ERROR...
return false;
}
buffer_size = req_size;
}
// Try to enumerate. If the buffer is not large enough, the required size is returned.
ret = c_enum_devices(devices, &req_size, &count);
if(ret != C_SUCCESS && ret != C_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL){
// LOG ERROR...
return false;
}
} while(buffer_size < req_size);
if(count == 0) {
// LOG ERROR...
return false;
}
for(quint32 i = 0; i < count; i++) {
CDevice *device = &devices[i];
availableDevices << QString("%1 : %2 : %3").arg(device->shortName).arg(device->driver).arg(device->location);
}
if(devices){
free(devices);
}
c_cleanup();
*captureDeviceList = availableDevices;
return true;
}
I used this example code to list the cameras and get some info about them.
#include <QtMultimedia/QCameraInfo>
QList<QCameraInfo> cameras = QCameraInfo::availableCameras();
foreach (const QCameraInfo &cameraInfo, cameras) {
qDebug() << "Name: " << cameraInfo.deviceName();
qDebug() << "Position: " << cameraInfo.position();
qDebug() << "Orientation: " << cameraInfo.orientation();
}
remember to include in pro file:
QT += multimedia