taking snapshot using front side camera

[jahid_hossain]

hi everyone. i want to make an application with which i'll be able to take snapshot using the front side camera of a nokia phone. currently i am considering nokia N70. is there any way to take snapshot and video from my application using the front side camera? if it is not possible for N70, then for which device it is possible? any help will be appreciated highly. thanks

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Hi,

Here is an example for taking pictures:
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...ure_in_Java_ME

All you have to do is modify the line:

player = Manager.createPlayer("capture://video");

to

player = Manager.createPlayer("capture://devcam1");

in order to make it use the front camera.

Normally it should work. You can test it on a device you don't have by using RDA

[jahid_hossain]

so you mean just using the following line i can use the front camera? i dont have to do anything else?

player = Manager.createPlayer("capture://devcam1");

[bogdan.galiceanu]

You take the code example in the link I gave and see that it contains this line: player = Manager.createPlayer("capture://video");
Replace that line with player = Manager.createPlayer("capture://devcam1"); and try the application.

[jahid_hossain]

thank you for your help. i'll try it.

[jkoorts]

this example in http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...ure_in_Java_ME does not work for th Nokia X3.

PNG is not supported, and for some reason using that exact example (and many others) the camera only works when starting the app the second time.