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OpenCV camera stream stopping while in fullscreen mode

Hi! I want to have two aplications simultaneously run: one that analyzes image from webcam written using OpenCV (the image is acquired through callback function) and an application that goes into fullscreen mode (let's say a 3D game). The problem is that while the fullscreen mode is launched the webcam image stream is stopping - the fra...

Compensate for Auto White Balance with OpenCV

I'm working on an app that takes in webcam data, applies various transformations, blurs and then does a background subtraction and threshold filter. It's a type of optical touch screen retrofitting system (the design is so different that tbeta/touchlib can't be used). The camera's white balance is screwing up the threshold filter by bri...

Live streaming webcam on a web page (most efficient solution)

For a quick project I'll be working on, I have to install a multi-webcam setup that will be live streamed and accessible via a web browser. I'm looking into the quickest and most efficient solution, the less time and hassle it takes to implement, the better. That means buying hardware and/or software is not that much of an issue (as lon...

Capture video/audio from webcam, view it and send as a file to server (ex. youtube) in flash/actionscript

Hi, people! I'm new in AS and trying create util such Youtube's "My webcam". Here's a part of my code: var camera:Camera = Camera.getCamera(cameraIndex.toString()); VideoDisplay.attachCamera(camera); //view yourself var mic:Microphone = Microphone.getMicrophone(0); video = new Video(); netconnection = new NetConnection; netconnection.c...

Call a shell script in java?

Hey, is it possible to call a shellscript or the shellcode in a java class? My Code (in a static method): Runtime rtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); Process child = rtime.exec("/bin/bash"); BufferedWriter outCommand = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(child.getOutputStream())); outCommand.write("streamer -c /dev/video0 -b32 -o test...

Get webcam stream on Mac Os X in Java

Hi, I would like to get the webcam stream of my Macbook (the integrated iSight webcam). I use Java, and I don't know anything about Objective-C so I'm looking for a "full-java" solution. I found some class example, but they were made in 2005 and they don't work on my system. Thank you ...

ffmpeg reencoding of flv files from MAC

I've recorded a video from a webcam on mac and now i'm trying to reencode it, but ffmpeg does not recognize audio stream: FFmpeg version git-120610e, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers built on Sep 21 2010 15:56:57 with gcc 4.4.1 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-lib...

Taking a picture from user's webcam a la Facebook

i didn't find a recent question so somethign might have changed: there is any widget, ready to use, to integrate with my website in order for my users to take a picture of themselves ala Facebook when they register to my site? i guess is Flash/flex based thanks ...

What is the best way to use a webcam for images for a native app.

Rather than UPLOAD AN IMAGE- we want to give users of our web app the option of taking a snapshot on the spot and using it for an online listing. Is that overly complicated? ...

How to develop a webcam function for a website?

I was curious in how would one program a webcam function on a website. Kind of like tokbox, but a simpler version between only 2 people, but other people could view it as well. Also what about chat? I think chat would just be as simple as AJAX/PHP/MySQL right? Forgive my ignorance. ...

C# Microsoft LifeCam HD mjpeg capture

Hi, I have a Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 webcams. According to AMCap, the camera outputs a MJPEG stream at 30fps at 720p. I want to capture each JPEG frame in a small application without doing any preview or decompression/transcoding to minimize CPU utilization to the minimum possible. I'm a C# developer, but I'm new to DirectShow. Is th...

reading a barcode with a webcam

Hey, I'm trying to read a EAN-13 barcode from my webcam. I already wrote a class to do that work. I'm taking a picture from my webcam, trimming it to show ONLY the barcode, and reading the barcode with the code tables from wikipedia. For some reason, the barcode gets trimmed, but the output is always "0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1". I wonder...

capturing an image from the webcam

I was following this tutorial here: [link] about getting a webcam image into rails using paperclip and jpegcam. I followed the tutorial through and through yet I can't seem to get the image uploaded. I'm getting this error when I go to photo/show: NoMethodError in Photo#show Showing app/views/photo/show.html.erb where line #3 raised: ...

flash webcam and rails

Hey guys, are there any good guides out there for doing rtmfp and rtmp flash with ruby? I'm really interested in webcam interactions and I'm looking for something all-inclusive that can take me up through the basics. I've been trying to work through some tutorials but with limited success. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ...

How to specify encoding bitrate while capturing from a webcam - MS Expression Encoder 4

I have a program to capture and save live webcam video. This is taken from sample programs coming with Expression Encoder 4. LiveJob job = new LiveJob(); EncoderDevice video = EncoderDevices.FindDevices(EncoderDeviceType.Video).Count > 0 ? EncoderDevices.FindDevices(EncoderDeviceType.Video)[0] : null; EncoderDevice audio = EncoderDevice...

How to stream my webcam through my site?

Is it possible to stream my webcam form my local machine that's connected to the internet to show up on my website without using any media server or something similar? ...

What language for live webcam streaming?

Hi there, I would like to save audio and video from a webcam, directly from the browser. Then I want to broadcast it to other users. What language/tech should I use (in browser and server side)? It seems that Flash can record a webcam in the browser, is there any other option? Thanks ...

detect Flash-accessible camera without prompting user for access to camera if one exists

From a Flash object, I would like to be able to detect the presence of a webcam that the user might grant access to, without actually asking the user whether they want to grant access. This is to streamline a large application that has extra features if a webcam exists if there is a webcam, the application will present several dialogs ...

Determining creation date of an image in Javascript?

I'm attempting to create a page that displays and refreshes an image from a webcam (camimg.jpg), but displays a static image (notlive.jpg) if the image hasn't been updated recently. I've found the AJAXCam script, which serves the purpose of reloading the "live" image at a set interval (15 secs), yet with no Javascript experience I can't ...

Webcam: Programmatically adjust Webcam parameters

Hello In our project, we would like to access the webcam image programmatically. The main problem we have is that the webcam automatically adjusts the sensitivity depending on the brightness of the captured image. Is there any (platform-independent) way to change this kind of parameters for the webcam (preferably any model)? We're cur...