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Understanding the Camera class

The Camera object allows you to connect to the user's local camera and broadcast the video either locally (back to the user) or remotely to a server (such as Flash Media Server).

Using the Camera class, you can access the following kinds of information about the user's camera:

• Which cameras installed on the user's computer are available to Flash Player
• Whether a camera is installed
• Whether Flash Player is allowed or denied access to the user's camera
• Which camera is currently active
• The width and height of the video being captured

The Camera class includes several useful methods and properties for working with camera objects. For example, the static Camera.names property contains an array of camera names currently installed on the user's computer. You can also use the name property to display the name of the currently active camera.

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