Universal camera driver design guide for Windows 10

The camera driver interface for Windows 10 is converged for all devices and uses a universal camera driver model.

The universal camera driver model contains the following controls:

• Digital video stabilization

• Variable frame rate

• Face detection

• Video high dynamic range (HDR)

• Optical stabilization

• Scene analysis: photo HDR, flash no flash, ultra low light

• Capture stats: metadata framework/attributes, histograms

• Smooth zoom

• Hardware optimization hints

• Camera profiles

Build a universal camera driver

The universal camera driver is an AVStream minidriver built on the Windows Driver Model (WDM).

For more information, see the following sections in the Universal camera driver reference for Windows 10:

• Universal camera driver controls for Windows 10

• Universal camera driver enumerations for Windows 10

• Universal camera driver functions for Windows 10

• Universal camera driver structures for Windows 10

For more information about building AVStream minidrivers, see the following topics:

• AVStream Overview

• Writing an AVStream Minidriver

See also

Streaming media device driver reference