IVideoVideoCodec Property

Returns the video codec used to record the video file.

Namespace: ASCOM.DeviceInterface
Assembly: ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces (in ASCOM.DeviceInterfaces.dll) Version: 3351c4f3fa64146a7efd5b51ed4591e32a0a5484

Syntax

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string VideoCodec { get; }

ReadOnly Property VideoCodec As String
	Get

property String^ VideoCodec {
	String^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: String

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
PropertyNotImplementedException	Must throw exception if not implemented.
NotConnectedException	If the device is not connected
DriverException	An error occurred that is not described by one of the more specific ASCOM exceptions. Include sufficient detail in the message text to enable the issue to be accurately diagnosed by someone other than yourself.

Remarks

For AVI files this is usually the FourCC identifier of the codec- e.g. XVID, DVSD, YUY2, HFYU etc. If the recorded video file doesn't use codecs an empty string must be returned.

Reference

IVideo Interface

ASCOM.DeviceInterface Namespace

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Property Value

Reference

IVideoVideoCodec Property