How to bind an element to a selected menuitem wpf - c#

I'm adding items to a menuitem through the itemsSource property. (element name is videoCapDevices)
ItemsSource="{Binding Source={x:Static Devices}}"
And now i want to respond to the selected menuitem , may be to show a videostream with the selected camera devices
VideoCaptureDevice="{Binding Path=SelectedItem, ElementName=videoCapDevices}"
But this just works for comboboxes or listboxes.
How can i change the "path selector" to reach the selected menuitem.
Thank you

try to cast using a converter
public class DeviceConverter : IValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
if(value==null)
return null;
return ((Device)value).CaptureDeviceName;
}
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
return value;
}
}
and
VideoCaptureDevice="{Binding Converter=DeviceConverter ,Path=SelectedItem, ElementName=videoCapDevices}"

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EDIT:
Thanks dbc! It works, many thanks!
Now i need to show in another column, every lenght of the value inside of the textbox, obviously if i change the value in the texbox the relative lenght value will change too.
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or in another way with a converter, passing a JProperty
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{
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
if (value is JProperty)
{
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if ((jValue is JValue) && (jValue as JValue).Value != null)
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