- Qt 6.6
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- QCameraDevice
- Qt 6.6.3 Reference Documentation

# QCameraDevice Class

The QCameraDevice class provides general information about camera devices. More...

Header: | #include <QCameraDevice>
CMake: | find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Multimedia) target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Multimedia)
qmake: | QT += multimedia

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## Public Types

enum | Position { UnspecifiedPosition, BackFace, FrontFace }

## Properties

description : const QString id : const QByteArray isDefault : const bool | position : const Position videoFormats : const QList<QCameraFormat>

## Public Functions

| QCameraDevice()
| QCameraDevice(const QCameraDevice &other)
| ~QCameraDevice()
QString | description() const
QByteArray | id() const
bool | isDefault() const
bool | isNull() const
QList<QSize> | photoResolutions() const
QCameraDevice::Position | position() const
QList<QCameraFormat> | videoFormats() const
bool | operator!=(const QCameraDevice &other) const
QCameraDevice & | operator=(const QCameraDevice &other)
bool | operator==(const QCameraDevice &other) const

## Detailed Description

QCameraDevice represents a physical camera device and its properties.

You can discover what cameras are available on a system using the availableCameras() and defaultCamera() functions. These are contained within QtMultimedia::MediaDevices.

This example prints the name of all available cameras:

     const QList<QCameraDevice> cameras = QMediaDevices::videoInputs();
     for (const QCameraDevice &cameraDevice : cameras)
         qDebug() << cameraDevice.description();

A QCameraDevice can be used to construct a QCamera. The following example instantiates a QCamera whose camera device is named `mycamera`:

     const QList<QCameraDevice> cameras = QMediaDevices::videoInputs();
     for (const QCameraDevice &cameraDevice : cameras) {
         if (cameraDevice.description() == "mycamera")
             camera = new QCamera(cameraDevice);
     }

You can also use QCameraDevice to get general information about a camera device such as description and physical position on the system.

     QCamera myCamera;
     QCameraDevice cameraDevice = camera->cameraDevice();

     if (cameraDevice.position() == QCameraDevice::FrontFace)
         qDebug() << "The camera is on the front face of the hardware system.";
     else if (cameraDevice.position() == QCameraDevice::BackFace)
         qDebug() << "The camera is on the back face of the hardware system.";

See also QCamera.

## Member Type Documentation

### enum QCameraDevice::Position

This enum specifies the physical position of the camera on the system hardware.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QCameraDevice::UnspecifiedPosition` | `0` | The camera position is unspecified or unknown.
`QCameraDevice::BackFace` | `1` | The camera is on the back face of the system hardware. For example on a mobile device, it means it is on the opposite side to that of the screen.
`QCameraDevice::FrontFace` | `2` | The camera is on the front face of the system hardware. For example on a mobile device, it means it is on the same side as that of the screen.

See also position().

## Property Documentation

### `[read-only]` description : const QString

Returns the human-readable description of the camera.

Use this string to present the device to the user.

Access functions:

QString | description() const

### `[read-only]` id : const QByteArray

Returns the device id of the camera

This is a unique ID to identify the camera and may not be human-readable.

Access functions:

QByteArray | id() const

### `[read-only]` isDefault : const bool

Returns true if this is the default camera device.

Access functions:

bool | isDefault() const

### `[read-only]` position : const Position

Returns the physical position of the camera on the hardware system.

Access functions:

QCameraDevice::Position | position() const

### `[read-only]` videoFormats : const QList<QCameraFormat>

Returns the video formats supported by the camera.

Access functions:

QList<QCameraFormat> | videoFormats() const

## Member Function Documentation

### QCameraDevice::QCameraDevice()

Constructs a null camera device

### QCameraDevice::QCameraDevice(const QCameraDevice &other)

Constructs a copy of other.

### `[noexcept]` QCameraDevice::~QCameraDevice()

Destroys the QCameraDevice.

### bool QCameraDevice::isNull() const

Returns true if this QCameraDevice is null or invalid.

### QList<QSize> QCameraDevice::photoResolutions() const

Returns a list of resolutions that the camera can use to capture still images.

See also QImageCapture.

### bool QCameraDevice::operator!=(const QCameraDevice &other) const

Returns true if this QCameraDevice is different from other.

### QCameraDevice &QCameraDevice::operator=(const QCameraDevice &other)

Sets the QCameraDevice object to be equal to other.

### bool QCameraDevice::operator==(const QCameraDevice &other) const

Returns true if this QCameraDevice is equal to other.