PhotoCaptureSource Enum

Definition

Specifies which stream on a video camera is used to capture photos.

public enum class PhotoCaptureSource
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
enum class PhotoCaptureSource
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum PhotoCaptureSource
var value = Windows.Media.Capture.PhotoCaptureSource.auto
Public Enum PhotoCaptureSource
Inheritance
PhotoCaptureSource
Attributes

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)
App capabilities
microphone webcam

Fields

Name Value Description
Auto 0

Automatically select the stream.

VideoPreview 1

Use the video stream.

Photo 2

Use the photo stream.

Remarks

Some video cameras have a separate photo stream that can capture still images at higher resolution than the video stream. For more information on configuring the MediaCapture object, see MediaCaptureInitializationSettings.

Applies to