Andy,
Did you get an answer elsewhere on this question that you posted last month?
If not, this technote might be helpful: http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_16454
The technote is dated March 19, 2003 and titled "Common Questions about Macromedia Flash Communication Server". I am pasting at the end two relevant excerpts.
fyi ... two non-webcam options I believe can be detected by the
Camera object are Osprey streaming cards and Camtasia. You can find
more on each of these at, respectively:
http://viewcast.com/news/current/press040419.htm
http://www.techsmith.com/learn/camtasia/current/general/1507.asp
If you have further questions on details related to the Camera object you might want to try the FlashComm list at:
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcomm
The FlashComm list is very well subscribed by developers who frequently work with the Camera object :-)
hth,
g
EXCERPTS FROM TECHNOTE tn_16454
How is the video captured?
Video is captured by the Macromedia Flash Player. The Flash
Player can acquire video from anything that has a WDM Video Capture
Driver. This includes almost all web cameras, DV cameras and video
capture boards. It even includes screen grab utilities like "Camtasia".
In fact, the Flash Player can even acquire from multiple video sources
at the same time. For streaming video from your DVD player, all that is
required is a video capture board that has a WDM Video Capture Driver.
Is there a special video capture card or devices required?
The capture card just needs to have a WDM Video Capture
Driver. This is simple to test: open the camera settings dialog in the
Flash Player on the system in question and see if the card appears in
the list of video sources. To open this dialog, make sure you have
Macromedia Flash Player 6, right-click while viewing some kind of Flash
content, select Settings, then click the camera icon.
Anybody have any ideas on this, or know of any documentation? The API doesn't say anything about it really.
Thanks,
Andy
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Trice
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [flexcoders] Camera object
Hi Everyone,
Does anyone the specifics of what defines a "camera" to the Camera object? Webcams work great, but what if I have other devices that stream video content? Is there a specification anywhere that states the interface/criteria that the device must adhere to in order to be detected by the flash player? Currently, I only have a webcam connected to my machine and I am wondering what else I can connect.
Will a camcorder work?Will a video capture/tv decoder card work?
In the windows device manager, I see my webcam listed in the "Imaging devices" category… Does any hardware that is detected by the OS as an "Imaging device" work within the flash player?All feedback appreciated!
Thanks,
Andy
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Andrew Trice
Cynergy Systems, Inc.
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