User`s guide

18 Properties — Alphabetical List
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VideoFormat
Specify video format or name of device configuration file
Description
The VideoFormat property specifies the video format used by the image acquisition
device or the name of a device configuration file, depending on which you specified when
you created the object using the videoinput function.
Image acquisition devices typically support multiple video formats. When you create
a video input object, you can specify the video format that you want the device to use.
If you do not specify the video format as an argument, the videoinput function uses
the default format. Use the imaqhwinfo function to determine which video formats a
particular device supports and find out which format is the default.
As an alternative, you can specify the name of a device configuration file, also known as
a camera file or digitizer configuration format (DCF) file. Some image acquisition devices
use these files to store device configuration information. The videoinput function can
use this file to determine the video format and other configuration information.
Use the imaqhwinfo function to determine if your device supports device configuration
files.
Characteristics
Access Read only
Data type String
Values Device-specific. The example describes how to get a list of all the
formats supported by a particular image acquisition device.
Examples
To determine the video formats supported by a device, check the SupportedFormats
field in the device information structure returned by imaqhwinfo.