Using a webcam

[Karl Larsen]

Wade Smart wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>   
>> On 23/03/2008, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> 03222008 2019 GMT-6
>>>
>>>  I'm working on a project where I'm writing code to get pictures from a
>>>  webcam and uploading them to a server for security. I'm experimenting
>>>  with this Logitech QuickCam but after looking through synaptic for
>>>  software, nothing really jumped out at me.
>>>
>>>  Any recommendations?
>>>       
>> The software Camorama seems like just what you need.
>>
>> And if you have trouble getting the webcam to work with Ubuntu, then
>> PLEASE write to Logitech and let them know that you need Linux support
>> for their cameras. Logitech is rightfully ignoring the Linux
>> community, because for some reason Linux users are not telling them
>> that we need their products to work. We write the ATI, and ATI opened
>> up their specs last September. Many other companies have followed
>> suit. Why people are afraid of Logitech I do not know. Here is their
>> contact page:
>> http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?
>>
>> Dotan Cohen
>>     
>
> 03232008 1658 GMT-6
>
> The app I was found, Camorama, crashed repeated last night but today is
> working fine. I havent had any trouble really with the camera. I just
> plugged it in and it seems to work.
>
> And just as a note, Im NOT using this as a security camera. Im just
> using this as a simple test camera as I do not yet have the security
> camera to test from.
>
> Wade
>
>
>   
    Hi Wade, I have a logitech webcam. In fact I have 2 of them and had 
to buy the second one because the first didn't work with Skype for some 
reason. But I got the second and it works fine.

    This to say that it is easy in Skype to choose an image and save it 
as a .jpg file. So what you want is there.

    I expect you want to set things up so when there is motion in the 
scene you start saving pictures. The software to detect motion will be 
tricky :-)


Karl


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