(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_OpenVideoCapture

Open a Video Capture device

Syntax

SDL_VideoCaptureDevice* SDL_OpenVideoCapture(SDL_VideoCaptureDeviceID instance_id);

Function Parameters

instance_id the video capture device instance ID

Return Value

Returns device, or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.


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