public static async Task <IEnumerable <string> > GetAvailableCameraNamesAsync()
{
DeviceInformationCollection deviceInfo = await DeviceInformation.FindAllAsync(DeviceClass.VideoCapture);
return(deviceInfo.OrderBy(d => d.Name).Select(d => d.Name));
}
//This is taken right out of Essential Video Recorder, it records streaming video
//and was the first video app I made. This one is different in that it takes frames
//and then renders them together. EVR recorded straight video.
private async void InitCamera()
{
stopCapture.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
var videosLibrary = await StorageLibrary.GetLibraryAsync(KnownLibraryId.Videos);
captureFolder = videosLibrary.SaveFolder ?? ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder;
DeviceInformationCollection j = await DeviceInformation.FindAllAsync(DeviceClass.VideoCapture);
var z = j.Count();
var Oz = j.OrderBy(x => x.Name);
if (j.Count == 0) //messagebox in all languages, no device.
{
NoCamera.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
return;
}
try
{
string[] dups = new string[j.Count];
int WhichDevice = 0;
string nameThatCamera = "";
int howManyCameras = 0;
foreach (DeviceInformation q in Oz)
{
nameThatCamera = q.Name;
if (WhichDevice > 0)
{
for (int v = 0; v < WhichDevice; v++)
{
if (nameThatCamera == dups[v])
{
howManyCameras++;
}
}
if (howManyCameras == 0)
{
}
else
{
howManyCameras++;
nameThatCamera = nameThatCamera + '-' + howManyCameras.ToString();
}
howManyCameras = 0;
}
dups[WhichDevice] = q.Name;
WhichDevice++;
ComboBoxItem comboBoxItem = new ComboBoxItem();
comboBoxItem.Content = nameThatCamera;
comboBoxItem.Tag = q;
CameraSource.Items.Add(comboBoxItem);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
BadDevice.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
}
try
{
DeviceInformation gotCamera = (DeviceInformation)Oz.First();
MediaCaptureInitializationSettings settings = new MediaCaptureInitializationSettings();
settings.VideoDeviceId = gotCamera.Id;
_mediaCapture = new MediaCapture();
await _mediaCapture.InitializeAsync();
_mediaCapture.Failed += _mediaCapture_Failed;
_mediaCapture.RecordLimitationExceeded += MediaCapture_RecordLimitationExceeded;
GetTheVideo.Source = _mediaCapture;
CheckIfStreamsAreIdentical();
MediaStreamType streamType;
streamType = MediaStreamType.VideoRecord;
PopulateStreamPropertiesUI(streamType, CameraSettings2);
//added to camera and settings initial setting
CameraSource.SelectedIndex = 0;
CameraSettings2.SelectedIndex = 0;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
BadSetting.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
}
}
