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Camera class

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See also

 

Camera.get()

Availability

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Flash Player 6.

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Flash Media Server (not required).

Usage

public static get([index:Number]) : Camera

Parameters

  An optional zero-based integer that specifies which camera driver to get, as 

determined from the array returned by 

. To get the default camera driver 

(which is recommended for most applications), omit this parameter. 

Returns

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If 

 is not specified, this method returns a reference to the default camera driver or, if 

it is in use by another application, to the first available camera driver. (If there is more 
than one camera driver installed, the user may specify the default camera driver in the 
Flash Player Camera Settings panel.) If no camera drivers are available or installed, the 
method returns 

null

.

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If 

 is specified, this method returns a reference to the requested camera driver, or 

null

 if it is not available. 

Description

Method; returns a reference to a Camera object for capturing video. To actually begin 
capturing the video, you must attach the Camera object either to a Video object (see 

) or to a NetStream object (see 

). (The 

NetStream object is available only with Flash Media Server.)

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To assign the Camera object to a variable, use the following syntax: 

var active_cam:Camera = Camera.get()

.

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The 

Camera.get()

 method returns a reference to a camera driver, not to a physical 

camera.