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IMFVirtualCamera::AddDeviceSourceInfo method (mfvirtualcamera.h)

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Informs the pipeline the virtual camera will require exclusive control to the physical camera specified by the specified device symbolic name.

Syntax

HRESULT AddDeviceSourceInfo(
  LPCWSTR DeviceSourceInfo
);

Parameters

DeviceSourceInfo

A LPCWSTR containing the symbolic name for the physical camera. This value is enumerated through the standard Windows enumeration APIs such as MFEnumDeviceSources and DeviceInformation

Return value

Returns an HRESULT value, including but not limited to the following values:

Error code Description
S_OK Succeeded
E_INVALIDARG An input parameter is invalid.

Remarks

The function allows the Windows Camera Frame Server service to arbitrate access to the physical camera when the virtual camera is activated.

This API may be called repeatedly if the virtual camera requires exclusive access to more than one physical camera.

Note

When the virtual camera is activated all physical cameras added to the virtual camera using this API will be marked as in use. So any attempt to access those physical cameras in non-shared mode will result in a sharing violation.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Build 22000
Header mfvirtualcamera.h
Library mfsensorgroup.lib
DLL mfsensorgroup.dll

See also

MFEnumDeviceSources DeviceInformation