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Accessing Webcam Native Controls (Zoom, Brightness etc) via the Command Line

Hello everyone. Does anyone know how to access webcam native controls such as the zoom, brightness level from the command line interface? How does programs like messenger and skype list those options and are able to control those settings? I am trying to do this to an AIR 2 app and know that we can access NativeProcesses etc now. Any...

The name capture does not exist in the current context ERROR

Hi I am developing a campera capture application. I am currently using EmguCV 2.0. I get an error with the following line of code : Image image = capture.QueryFrame(); I have added all the required references of EmguCV like Emgu.CV,Emgu.CV.UI, Emgu.CV.ML, Emgu.Util, but still it gives a error saying : Error 1 The name 'cap...

How to retrieve real time video stream(from web camera) from flash media server in a browser ?

Or say, How does the url of FMS real time video stream look like? I guess it shouldn't be like http://domain.name/f.flv, then how is it like? ...

Detect if camera is capturing in Flash

I'm having trouble with Camera.getCamera() in Flash AS3. If there are multiple camera drivers, it does not necessarily pick the correct one. If the default is the correct, the program works fine; however, if another driver is selected as the default then LED on the webcam does not come on and no video is captured. I can cycle through th...

How to set webcam parameters programatically on Microsoft Lifecam Cinema (e.g. switch off autofocus)

The Microsoft Lifecam Cinema software has serveral options to control focussing, exposure and so on. I need to control these programatically for a machine vision project. How can this be achieved? ...

Webcam capture and convert to avi

I'm working on a project and i'm trying to capture a webcam and use a codex to save the file to the hard disk. but i can't find a program for it ? It would be cool if the program is controllable from the outside but its not necessary. (it has to capture the audio to) ...

Capture webcam images always at max resolution !

Is there a way to know the max resolution of a webcam ? I need to capture images from webcam and send its on another notebook throught internet. So I want to capture images at max resolution indipendently from webcam automatically without setting the resolution every time ( if I have a webcam with 1.3 MPixel, I want to capture images at...

How to encode h.264 video from webcam flash client

Hi Is there anyway to send Adobe Air based client can send webcam data via H.264 encoded video to the server - FMS or Red5 . Pls give us any advice . Thanks !! ...

I want to refresh a page only when a new photo from the webcam has been uploaded

I have set up a webcam at work which uploads a photo and refreshes the page every 5 minutes. However when there is some activity it uploads a new pic every few seconds. How can I refresh the page everytime a new pic is uploaded? Thanks, Mike ...

Flash webcam access request prompt unresponsive

Hi there, I have a parent swf called Main.swf that loads a child Registration.swf via a regular loader class then adds it to the stage. This child has a webcam function that captures an image but before that happens it prompts the user for permission to allow the webcam to be turned on. The problem I'm having is that in my IDE the prom...

Integrating Silverlight 4 webcam functions into WPF

After toying a little with the new Silverlight 4 camera features, and being really disappointed that these were not included in WPF, I looked at the Silverlight assemblies and found that they more or less delegate all work to agcore.dll. Do you think it is a good idea to package agcore.dll with my WPF application, and copy/paste or rewr...

OpenCV: Getting and Setting Camera Settings

I have been searching around and can't find an example of how to get and set the camera capturing settings. For example the capturing resolution, fps, color balance, etc. I have only seen examples of how to change the settings when saving the captured video but I want to be able to find all the camera's capturing modes and choose which...

Allowing website to use webcam.

I'm a web developer, and know my way around with php, jscript and little flash. However i was wondering how can i allow my user to use their webcam to capture pic for their profile? Is it possible with HTML5 or i will have to use flash? ...

Is there anything like standard IP camera OS emulator?

Is there anything like standard IP camera OS emulator? So to create a plugin\program for it and be able to come to Cameras creator\vendor with something like "Hey, I've developed some cool software for your camera! Look here! Please implement it into your cameras next version or please give me the job in your company!)" So something li...

Record webcam video to local filesystem from a browser

What is the best (and simplest!) way to record video from a webcam to the local filesystem--all from a browser? Ideally the video would be recorded in HD and then we could use ffmpeg later to convert it into the formats and sizes needed. Here are some things we've looked into: Use Flash to stream to a local Red5 server. But we've had ...

How to connect webcams in the browser with Java?

Something like chatroulette. ...

Streaming from webcam on OS X - what technology to use?

I'm building a videoconferencing application in OS X. What technology would be best to use for real-time streaming video/audio captured from webcam/microphone in OS X? So far I was unsuccessful with these methods: - using QTKit I captured the media, but there isn't a way to stream it (without using the QTSS which is too bloaty and hard...

What's the best library for video capture in Python on linux?

I want to write an application to video capture from web-cams in linux. Is there a python library to do that? ...

Should I use WinForms or WPF for taking pics with webcam?

We have a Logitech web cam that we want to get working with .NET. It needs to recognize the device, and be able to take a picture. We just installed VS 2008, and I was wondering if Microsoft made it easier to interact with devices with some of the newer stuff like WPF, Silverlight, or whatever. If anybody can point me in the right dir...

Image from Webcam

How can I capture the image from webcam with a program in C/C++ and then process the image and possibility transmit it over ethernet. Has any way to create it in Windows and Linux easily? ...