How can I get a list of camera devices from my PC C#

Question

How can I get a list all of camera devices attached to my PC using USB (WebCams) but also the build in camera that the laptops have.

Answer 1

I've done this before - use http://directshownet.sourceforge.net/ to give you a decent .net interface to DirectShow, then you can just use the following code:

  DsDevice[] captureDevices;

  // Get the set of directshow devices that are video inputs.
  captureDevices = DsDevice.GetDevicesOfCat(FilterCategory.VideoInputDevice);    

  for (int idx = 0; idx < captureDevices.Length; idx++)
  {
    // Do something with the device here...
  }