How to detect in a Flex app if a camera is already in use by another application?

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Published on 2010-03-30T15:06:44Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 17:43 UTC
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I am making an application that plays the video stream from the user's local system (both Windows and Mac). I use the Camera.getCamera() method and in turn Camera.names to get a list of camera attached with the system.

Unfortunately, if the camera is already in use by another application, say a desktop application on user's system, the browser is crashed. Is there any way that I can detect if a specific camera from the list of available camera is already in use by any other application?

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