getting image from usb webcam or isight

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lharris
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getting image from usb webcam or isight

Post by lharris » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:14 am

Hi - this must be really simple but I can't seem to find it.
How can i set up a player control to get image data from an isight or usb connected webcam?
Thanks

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Post by Janschenkel » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:50 am

You cannot set up a player control to directly display images from a live camera; but there is a series of commands and functions to grab and display video on your stack - check out the example stack 'Video Capture' which you can find in: <Revolution folder>/<version>/Resources/Sample Projects.

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Post by lharris » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:09 pm

Thanks - I'll give it a try. Might make for a good addition to version 4

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Post by Klaus » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:51 pm

lharris wrote:... Might make for a good addition to version 4
???

This functionality is already present in version 3:
iSight/webcam = videosource = controlled with the videograbber external

So what's the problem?

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