Why can I not use Windows.Media.Capture?

Question

using Windows.Media.Capture;
also tried System.Windows.Media.Capture

"The type or namespace name 'Capture' does not exist in System.Windows.Media"

I am developing in Unity 2020.3.18 with the HoloLens 2 and Visual Studio 2019. I have added reference assemblies PresentationCore and WindowsBase.

Answer 1

Hello, Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

You should wrap around any WinRT-leveraged code in the ENABLE_WINMD_SUPPORT compiler directive to only use certain code when compiling against UWP. For more information please see:Universal Windows Platform: WinRT API in C# scripts

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