[Python] How to get list of all the available capture devices in python without using any...

I want to retrieve a list of available webcams on Windows, without relying on external libraries such as OpenCV, PyGrabber, or Pygame.

Although I found a code snippet that accomplishes this task, but it uses WMIC. Unfortunately, when I tested it on another Windows device, I encountered an error stating 'wmic' is not recognized as an internal or external command

import subprocess

def get_webcams_windows():
try:
# Execute the WMIC command to get a list of video capture devices
result = subprocess.check_output(
'wmic path win32_pnpentity where "Description like \'%Video%\'" get Name',
shell=True,
text=True
)
webcams = result.strip().split('\n')[1:] # Skip the header
return [webcam.strip() for webcam in webcams if webcam.strip()] # Filter out empty lines
except Exception:
return []

webcam_list = get_webcams_windows()
print(webcam_list)


Is there any other efficient method?

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