VideoCaptureFormats Property

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C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property VideoCaptureFormats As VideoFormats

'Usage
 
Dim instance As CaptureCtrl
Dim value As VideoFormats
 
value = instance.VideoCaptureFormats

public virtual VideoFormats VideoCaptureFormats {get;}

public:
virtual property VideoFormats^ VideoCaptureFormats {
   VideoFormats^ get();
}

Property Value

A VideoFormats object.

The VideoFormats indexer obtains a see cref ="VideoFormat"/> object for each of the supported video formats. The VideoFormat properties of each video format contain information about the specific video format.

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Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Multimedia
Imports LeadtoolsMultimediaExamples.Fixtures

Public _form As CaptureCtrlForm = New CaptureCtrlForm()
Public _result As Boolean = False
Public Sub VideoFormatExample()
  ' reference the capture control
  Dim capturectrl As CaptureCtrl = _form.CaptureCtrl

  Dim count As Integer, compression As Integer = 0, bits As Integer = 0, width As Integer = 0, height As Integer = 0
  Dim found As Integer, selected As Integer = -1

  ' set a video device, use the name of your device here
  If Not capturectrl.VideoDevices("USB") Is Nothing Then
     capturectrl.VideoDevices("USB").Selected = True
  End If

  ' reference the videoformats property
  Dim videoformats As VideoFormats = capturectrl.VideoCaptureFormats

  Try
     ' get count of available video formats
     count = videoformats.Count

     ' enumerate formats and select one
     For Each vf As VideoFormat In videoformats
       ' get the properties
       bits = vf.BitCount
       compression = vf.Compression
       width = vf.Width
       height = vf.Height

       ' select the format if it matches some criteria
       If bits = 16 AndAlso width = 640 AndAlso height = 480 Then
         vf.Selected = True
         Exit For
       End If
     Next vf

     ' reset the current item
     videoformats.Reset()

     ' get the currently selected format
     selected = videoformats.Selection

     ' find a format based on subtype name, width and height (YUY2 320 x 240 video)
        found = videoformats.IndexOf(Leadtools.Multimedia.Constants.MEDIASUBTYPE_YUY2, 320, 240)

     ' our found format is not selected, so select it
     If found <> selected Then
       videoformats.Selection = found
     End If

     ' get the new selected format
     selected = videoformats.Selection

     ' set our result based on what we expect
     _result = (count > 0 AndAlso selected = found)
  Catch e1 As Exception
     _result = False
  End Try
End Sub

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Multimedia;
using LeadtoolsMultimediaExamples.Fixtures;

public CaptureCtrlForm _form = new CaptureCtrlForm();
public bool _result = false;
public void VideoFormatExample()
{
   // reference the capture control
   CaptureCtrl capturectrl = _form.CaptureCtrl;

   int count, compression = 0, bits = 0, width = 0, height = 0;
   int found, selected = -1;

   // set a video device, use the name of your device here
   if (capturectrl.VideoDevices["USB"] != null)
      capturectrl.VideoDevices["USB"].Selected = true;

   // reference the videoformats property
   VideoFormats videoformats = capturectrl.VideoCaptureFormats;

   try
   {
      // get count of available video formats
      count = videoformats.Count;

      // enumerate formats and select one
      foreach (VideoFormat vf in videoformats)
      {
         // get the properties
         bits = vf.BitCount;
         compression = vf.Compression;
         width = vf.Width;
         height = vf.Height;

         // select the format if it matches some criteria
         if (bits == 16 && width == 640 && height == 480)
         {
            vf.Selected = true;
            break;
         }
      }

      // reset the current item
      videoformats.Reset();

      // get the currently selected format
      selected = videoformats.Selection;

      // find a format based on subtype name, width and height (YUY2 320 x 240 video)
      found = videoformats.IndexOf(Constants.MEDIASUBTYPE_YUY2, 320, 240);

      // our found format is not selected, so select it
      if (found != selected)
         videoformats.Selection = found;

      // get the new selected format
      selected = videoformats.Selection;

      // set our result based on what we expect
      _result = (count > 0 && selected == found);
   }
   catch (Exception)
   {
      _result = false;
   }
}

Target Platforms

Reference

CaptureCtrl Class
CaptureCtrl Members