Pocket PC Webcam Programming

[Nuno Magalhaes]

Hello all. I've seen some Pocket PC applications displaying the
contents of an integrated webcamera. How do they do that... seems like
in C# I can't program the webcamera at all capturing video to a
PictureBox. WIA seems not to work with my VideoBlaster Webcam 3.
I've ran out of solutions.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get the contents
of a webcam for a Pocket PC... developed as a Smart Device Application
in VS .NET 2003?

Thanks a lot.
Nuno Magalhães.

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

Prior to Windows Mobile 5.0 there is no unified API for Cameras. Therefore
all previous devices which have a camera may or may not expose an API but
specific to the manufacturer of the device. Traditional plugin webcams (e.g.
USB) are not supported at all the WIA API is desktop windows specific and
not available on Windows CE.

Peter

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Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
http://www.inthehand.com | http://www.peterfoot.net

Hello all. I've seen some Pocket PC applications displaying the
contents of an integrated webcamera. How do they do that... seems like
in C# I can't program the webcamera at all capturing video to a
PictureBox. WIA seems not to work with my VideoBlaster Webcam 3.
I've ran out of solutions.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get the contents
of a webcam for a Pocket PC... developed as a Smart Device Application
in VS .NET 2003?

Thanks a lot.
Nuno Magalhães.