How can I use Kinect as a normal webcam?

Dpark

Hello, I am a processing beginner and tried to run this example below:

import processing.video.*;

Capture cam;

void setup() {
  size(640, 480);

  String[] cameras = Capture.list();

  if (cameras.length == 0) {
    println("There are no cameras available for capture.");
    exit();
  } else {
    println("Available cameras:");
    for (int i = 0; i < cameras.length; i++) {
      println(cameras[i]);
    }

    // The camera can be initialized directly using an 
    // element from the array returned by list():
    cam = new Capture(this, cameras[0]);
    cam.start();     
  }      
}

void draw() {
  if (cam.available() == true) {
    cam.read();
  }
  image(cam, 0, 0);
  // The following does the same, and is faster when just drawing the image
  // without any additional resizing, transformations, or tint.
  //set(0, 0, cam);
}

However, I got an error message that says there is no capture device detected. I have my Kinect on PC, but it seems like Processing does not recognize Kinect as an webcam.
How can I make it recognize Kinect as webcam?

desertbeaver

This link has some info. http://shiffman.net/p5/kinect/

I believe you need to import the Kinect library to your sketch before you can access any part of it.