Is it possible to access a machines web camera with Flash without needing the users permission?
The project I plan on using Flash in will not be web based and run in a standard flash projector or in a swfStudio projector.
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A:
No. It is not. This is similar to the question "Is it possible to save files on a user's hard disk using JavaScript". It just might be possible, but then it's a hack. It won't work forever [if you ever find a way to do so] because it's simply not supported. And it's not supported for a reason: security. It isn't something like an inavailability of technology, so there is no reason it will ever be available in the future.
P.S: For JavaScript, HTML5 does have the option of saving files on the user's hard disk, but again, not without permissions [i'm not taking into account cookies here]
Rohan Prabhu
2009-10-02 14:28:34
I imagined that to be the case alright. Is there any chance that something like SwfStudio would be able to provide a solution I wonder?
Brian Heylin
2009-10-02 14:37:05
I don't think so. Again, FP security (avoid apps recording the user without him/her to confirm). For same reason Flash apps that want to use the cam or the mic must be *at least* the size of that dialog or they will silently fail.
Zárate
2009-10-02 16:21:46
Bottom line: there is no solution. There isn't one supposed to be. The specifications for such technologies assert that user intervention is a MUST before certain such access is provided to the application. Hence, what you are looking for isn't a "solution", it's a "workaround" [or actually, a "hack"]. And no, for the white side of the world atleast, none such exists [or none should.. in an ideal world atleast] :D
Rohan Prabhu
2009-10-02 16:23:14
A:
Why don't you use AIR? In AIR you can access the camera and no message will be displayed.
Andy Li
2009-10-02 17:02:05
Andy Li
2009-10-03 08:52:21
Thanks Andy, Air looks like a possible option for my specific case. But I need to call C code from it, so I'll see if SwfStudio and Air play well together. But that's my problem, thanks again.
Brian Heylin
2009-10-04 19:24:56
A:
If you have control over the machine you are deploying to, you can use the Flash Settings Manager to always allow camera access.
Brian Heylin
2009-10-13 07:06:56