Cheese.CameraDevice¶

Subclasses:: None

Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (37), Gio.Initable (2)
Structs:: GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`new` (device)
class	`supported_format_caps` ()
	`get_best_format` ()
	`get_caps_for_format` (format)
	`get_format_list` ()
	`get_name` ()
	`get_path` ()
	`get_src` ()

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (7), Gio.Initable (1)

Properties¶

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`device`	`Gst.Device`	r/w/co	The GStreamer device object of the video capture device
`name`	`str`	r/w/co	Human-readable name of the video capture device
`path`	`str`	r/w/co	Path of the video capture device

Signals¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Fields¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	`GObject.Object`	r
unused	`object`	r

Class Details¶

class Cheese.CameraDevice(**kwargs)¶

Bases:: GObject.Object, Gio.Initable
Abstract:: No
Structure:: Cheese.CameraDeviceClass

Use the accessor functions below.

classmethod new(device)¶

Parameters:: device (Gst.Device) – The GStreamer the device, as supplied by Gst.DeviceMonitor
Raises:: GLib.Error
Returns:: a new Cheese.CameraDevice, or None
Return type:: Cheese.CameraDevice

Tries to create a new Cheese.CameraDevice with the supplied device. If construction fails, None is returned, and error is set.

classmethod supported_format_caps()¶

Returns:: the Gst.Caps
Return type:: Gst.Caps

Get the Gst.Caps that are supported for all Cheese.CameraDevice

get_best_format()¶

Returns:: the highest-resolution supported Cheese.VideoFormat
Return type:: Cheese.VideoFormat

Get the Cheese.VideoFormat with the highest resolution with a width greater than 640 pixels and a framerate of greater than 15 FPS for this self. If no such format is found, get the highest available resolution instead.

get_caps_for_format(format)¶

Parameters:: format (Cheese.VideoFormat) – a Cheese.VideoFormat
Returns:: the Gst.Caps for the given format
Return type:: Gst.Caps

Get the Gst.Caps for the given format on the self.

get_format_list()¶

Returns:: list of Cheese.VideoFormat
Return type:: [Cheese.VideoFormat]

Get the sorted list of Cheese.VideoFormat that the self supports.

get_name()¶

Returns:: the human-readable name of the video capture device
Return type:: str

Get a human-readable name for the device, as reported by udev, which is suitable for display to a user.

get_path()¶

Returns:: the path of the video capture device
Return type:: str

Get path for the device, as reported by udev.

get_src()¶

Returns:: the source GStreamer element
Return type:: Gst.Element

Get the source GStreamer element for the self.

Property Details¶

Cheese.CameraDevice.props.device¶

Name:: device
Type:: Gst.Device
Default Value:: None
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

GStreamer device object of the video capture device.

Cheese.CameraDevice.props.name¶

Name:: name
Type:: str
Default Value:: None
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

Human-readable name of the video capture device, for display to the user.

Cheese.CameraDevice.props.path¶

Name:: path
Type:: str
Default Value:: None
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

Path of the video capture device.