Allocates and initialized the CvCapture structure for reading a video stream from the camera. Currently two camera interfaces can be used on Windows: Video for Windows (VFW) and Matrox Imaging Library (MIL); and two on Linux: V4L and FireWire (IEEE1394).

Namespace: Emgu.CV
Assembly: Emgu.CV (in Emgu.CV.dll) Version: 2.2.1.1150 (2.2.1.1150)

Syntax

         
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public static IntPtr cvCreateCameraCapture(
	int index
)
Public Shared Function cvCreateCameraCapture ( _
	index As Integer _
) As IntPtr
public:
static IntPtr cvCreateCameraCapture(
	int index
)

Parameters

index
Int32
Index of the camera to be used. If there is only one camera or it does not matter what camera to use -1 may be passed

Return Value

Pointer to the capture structure

See Also