- Qt 6.12
- Qt Multimedia
- C++ Classes
- QtMultimedia
- QCameraDevice
- Qt 6.12.0 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`
In QML: | cameraDevice

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Public Types

enum | Position { UnspecifiedPosition, BackFace, FrontFace }

## Properties

`(since 6.7)` correctionAngle : const QtVideo::Rotation description : const QString id : const QByteArray | isDefault : const bool position : const Position videoFormats : const QList<QCameraFormat>

## Public Functions

| QCameraDevice()
| QCameraDevice(const QCameraDevice &other)
| ~QCameraDevice()
QtVideo::Rotation | correctionAngle() const
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.

The QCameraDevice instance retains its properties throughout its lifetime, even if the corresponding physical device is disconnected or its settings are modified. To keep track of updated properties, the user should load new instances of QCameraDevice from QMediaDevices when the relevant signals are fired.

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. Front-facing cameras generate video frames with the property QVideoFrame::mirrored set to `true`. This means that the presentation of these frames is flipped around the vertical axis to display the video output as a mirror, whereas recording only considers the transformations of the surface specified in QVideoFrame::surfaceFormat.

See also position().

## Property Documentation

### `[read-only, since 6.7]` correctionAngle : const QtVideo::Rotation

Returns the rotation angle needed to compensate for the physical camera rotation of the camera compared to its native orientation. In other words, the property represents the clockwise angle through which the output image needs to be rotated to be upright on the device screen in its native orientation. Since correctionAngle is relative to the native orientation, this value does not change with altering the device orientation (portrait/landscape). The correction angle may be non-zero mostly on Android, where native and camera orientations are defined by the manufacturer.

This enumeration was introduced in Qt 6.7.

Access functions:

QtVideo::Rotation | correctionAngle() const

### `[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 does not represent the same device as 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 represents the same device as other.

Due to the behavior of the properties in QCameraDevice, two QCameraDevice instances can be considered equal even if not all the properties are equal.