How can I get video and audio streams from web cameras with Java (in a cross-platform way)?
For example, we have a computer with 3-4 USB web cameras; we want to get their streams and make them visible in the user interface. How can we perform such a thing? I need code for a simple app which would find ALL cameras on the computer and let us select camera to wach. Can any one, please share such one?
I'd use flex. It can be relatively easily integrated with java backend.
UPD:
Pure Java needed
Then you should consider JavaFX solutions. I'm not a big expert in javafx, I've only written some basic test applications, but I'm sure it's a modern way of solving described problem with pure java.
I see your comment about the solution needing to be "pure" java, but this is really "nearly" impossible. You will need to use some sort of native library for accessing the devices, with that being stated; I suggest that you look at Xuggler as your solution. Xuggler supports Windows, Mac, and Linux and they also offer example code for handling audio and video. Lastly the library is FREE. Webcam capture example: http://xuggle.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/java/xuggle-xuggler/src/com/xuggle/xuggler/demos/DisplayWebcamVideo.java
While Xuggle does not have an example of microphone capture, you can find samples on the mailing list or you could use code written by the packet-mulitbroadcaster project found here: https://code.google.com/p/packet-multibroadcaster/