/// <summary>
/// Detects all usable cameras which are connected to the system
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A list containing all cameras which can be connected to</returns>
public static List<Camera> Detect()
{
if (Utilities.Is64Bit && Environment.OSVersion.Platform != PlatformID.Unix)
{
Console.WriteLine("A 64bit windows system has been detected. This is not supported");
Console.WriteLine("due to the complexity of interoperating with libgphoto2");
Console.WriteLine("as it exposes variable length 'long' types in it's API.");
Console.WriteLine("The API is unlikely to change before version 3 of the library");
Console.WriteLine("The current status of this can be found on the libgphoto2");
Console.WriteLine("mailing list. A detailed explanation can be found in the");
Console.WriteLine("README file for libgphoto2-sharp");
return new List<Camera>();
}
List<Camera> cameras = new List<Camera>();
Context c = new Context();
using (CameraAbilitiesList abilities = new CameraAbilitiesList())
using (PortInfoList portInfoList = new PortInfoList())
using (CameraList cameraList = new CameraList())
{
// Get the list of all devices that are currently supported
abilities.Load(c);
// Get the list of all the (usb?) ports that are currently available
portInfoList.Load();
// Create the list of all the connected devices which can be used
abilities.Detect(portInfoList, cameraList, c);
// Scan through all the detected cameras and remove any duplicates
using (CameraList cams = RemoveDuplicates(cameraList))
{
int count = cams.Count();
for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
CameraAbilities ability = abilities.GetAbilities(abilities.LookupModel(cams.GetName(i)));
PortInfo portInfo = portInfoList.GetInfo(portInfoList.LookupPath(cams.GetValue(i)));
cameras.Add(new Gphoto2.Camera(ability, portInfo, c));
}
}
}
return cameras;
}
