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title: "PlaceholderVideoIn"
description: "API documentation for PlaceholderVideoIn"
url: https://developer.disguise.one/python-api/docs/placeholdervideoin/
---

# PlaceholderVideoIn

See also: [Video Input Guide](/plugins/guides/video-input)

Base class (inherits properties and methods): _[VideoIn](/python-api/docs/videoin#videoin)_

## Static Methods

#### **getClipFromHardwareId**(hardwareId: _str_) -> _[VideoClip](/python-api/docs/videoclip#videoclip)_

#### **makeHardwareId**(clip: _[VideoClip](/python-api/docs/videoclip#videoclip)_) -> _[HardwareVideoInIdentifier](/python-api/docs/hardwarevideoinidentifier#hardwarevideoinidentifier)_