using secondary camera on an application

[Charliebeer]

Hi all, I intend to write an application using the secondary camera (well the camera at the front of the phone) I have seen in this forum that is possible to get data (video) from the primary camera, but I have not seen anything about the secondary one, are there already some classes (on java, symbian c++) available for hanlding data from this camera??, I'm a comlpete beginer trying to help two secondary school students, thans to them I'm trying to remove the rust from my brain and trying to get again into programming.

Thanks for your Help, regards

Charliebeer

[hartti]

Charliebeer,

In Java ME on S60 devices you can use the front camera with capture locator "capture://devcam1"

Check the MMAPI implementation notes in here
http://www.forum.nokia.com/document/...opers_Library/

Hartti

[Charliebeer]

Hi Hartti,
thanks for your prompt answer, it means that there are any classes in Symbian for handling the data from the front camera??? well then I should focus my efforts on Java.

Regards

Charliebeer

[hartti]

Yes, there is Symbian C++ access for the camera as well, I just do not know details about Symbian C++ coding, so I leave the answering to others.

Hartti

[tdingu]

Hey guys ,
I have nokia 6500 mobile , i have implemented a camera application which is working for main camera , but i am not able to run secondary (front camera) .
And i am using sun java wireless tool kit for simulation my program, its running fine for my main (back camera).
But how can i run my application for the front camera. is there any simulation tool kit to run some sample example code to verify the front secondary camera ?
Please help me ...

[hartti]

Hmmm... there are Series 40 phones with 2 cameras also... hmmm.... did not realize that.
Have you tried with devcam0 and devcam1 (this is used on S60 side)

Hartti

[tdingu]

hey hartti ,
yes i tried using player = Manager.createPlayer("capture://devcam0"); & player = Manager.createPlayer("capture://devcam1");

but its giving an error called javax.microedition.media.MediaException: Illegal locator capture://devcam1
javax.microedition.media.MediaException: Illegal locator capture://devcam0
but i dont how to deal with this now ....
i am using netbeen 6.1 with sun java wireless tool kit .
the same program is running fine for main camera , when ported on my mobile .
but after capture://devcam0 its give an error ...
could pls tell me how to go feature ?

[hartti]

I went through some internal documentation, and I did not find any reference how to utilize the secondary camera. In fact it was mentioned in one (although not the freshest) document and MMAPI on Series 40 supports capturing stuff from primary camrea only.
So it seems that you cannot control the secondary camera. Unfortunately.

Hartti

[tdingu]

hey i understand what u said, but i dont want to capture form the secondary camera i just want secondary camera to activate it thats all.
Is there any simulator to verify my code before porting it to my mobile , as i do using "sun java wireless tool kit " for the primary camera ?