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VideoCaptureDevice.DesiredFormat Property

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Gets or sets the desired video format to be used by this video capture device.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Media
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property DesiredFormat As VideoFormat
public VideoFormat DesiredFormat { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Media.VideoFormat
The desired video format to be used by this video capture device, as a VideoFormat object. The default is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

On Mac OSX, the SupportedFormats is always empty. To set the DesiredFormat, you can insatiate a new VideoFormat object with a PixelFormat of Unknown.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.