VideoSetDriver (Function)

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VideoSetDriver (Function)

In french: VidéoChangeDriver

Connects the "Camera" control to a specific driver for video capture.

Caution:

To use this function, a "camera" must be connected to the current computer.
To find out the list of drivers for video capture installed on the current computer, use VideoListDriver (associated with the viDirectShow constant). To find out the driver that is currently associated with a Camera control, use Driver.

Versions 22 and later
Remark: This function is equivalent to CameraChangeDriver.

New in version 22
Remark: This function is equivalent to CameraChangeDriver.

Remark: This function is equivalent to CameraChangeDriver.

Example

See additional examples

// Displays the list of available video drivers
// in the LIST_VideoDrivers control
ListAdd(LIST_VideoDriver, VideoListDriver(viDirectShow))
// Uses the second video driver
IF VideoSetDriver(CAM_Camera1, LIST_VideoDrivers[2]) = False THEN
Error("Unable to change driver: " + CR + ...
ErrorInfo())
END

Syntax

<Result> = VideoSetDriver(<Camera control> , <Identifier of video driver>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the video driver associated with the control was modified,
False if a problem occurred. To get the details of the error, use ErrorInfo.

<Camera control>: Control name

Name of Camera control to use.

<Identifier of video driver>: Character string (with quotes)

Identifier of video driver to use. This identifier has the following format:

<Driver name> + TAB + <Driver version>

This identifier corresponds to the list format returned by VideoListDriver (associated with the viDirectShow constant).

Component: wd260obj.dll