If the webcam has a v4l ("Video for Linux " ) driver, then one can use the
utility "webcam" to do this. This is bundled with "xawtv" package, which is
normally packaged with the RH distribution. It should also be there on
Mandrake.
Most of the webcams should be supported since they use same chipset. I would
suggest just run xawtv and if you start to see the camera picture displayed
on the screen, you are in good shape. If not, you may have to do a little bit
of tweaking to get this working.
"webcam" can load still pictures at given interval to a ftp site. You can
also use software from Realnetworks to stream the live picture.
I hope it helps,
- Prabhat Ranjan
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On Thursday 30 January 2003 01:24 am, FN wrote:
> Could someone please help Mario? FN
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> Hi,
>
> Has anyone here used a webcam in Linux for net streaming? (Mandrake
> preferably)
>
> I need a software to capture an image from the webcam every "n" seconds or
> milliseconds and put it somewhere so I can upload it automatically. Or do
> any of the GTK developers (X windows) know how this can be done.
>
> I have a server-side software coded in PHP on a Linux box to handle the
> rest.
>
> Currently I have to use a VB client software to capture webcam images and
> upload.
>
> Its working nicely right now but needs a windows machine to do the actual
> image capture. I would prefer the whole thing running on linux.
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