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Chapter 26: Working with cameras
Flash Player 9 and later, Adobe AIR 1.0 and later
A camera attached to a user’s computer can serve as a source of video data that you can display and manipulate using
ActionScript. The Camera class is the mechanism built into ActionScript for working with a computer or device
camera.
On mobile devices, you can also use the CameraUI class. The CameraUI class launches a separate camera application
to allow the user to capture a still image or video. When the user is finished, your application can access the image or
video through a MediaPromise object.
More Help topics
Christian Cantrell: How to use CameraUI in a Cross-platform Way
Michaël CHAIZE: Android, AIR and the Camera
Understanding the Camera class
Flash Player 9 and later, Adobe AIR 1.0 and later
The Camera object allows you to connect to the user’s local camera and broadcast the video either locally (back to the
user) or remotely to a server (such as Flash Media Server).
Using the Camera class, you can access the following kinds of information about the user’s camera:
Which cameras installed on the user’s computer or device are available
Whether a camera is installed
Whether Flash Player is allowed or denied access to the user’s camera
Which camera is currently active
The width and height of the video being captured
The Camera class includes several useful methods and properties for working with camera objects. For example, the
static Camera.names property contains an array of camera names currently installed on the user’s computer. You can
also use the name property to display the name of the currently active camera.
Note: When streaming camera video across the network, you should always handle network interruptions. Network
interruptions can occur for many reasons, particularly on mobile devices.
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