Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:14:26 -0400 From: Matt White <mwhite@oakwood.k12.oh.us> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Webcam with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19980730171426.27780@oakwood.k12.oh.us>
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Hello! I've decided to try and setup a small webcam in my office running on the FreeBSD box. I have a B&W QuickCam, but I might be willing to spring for a color one if I like the way I get this setup. =) I have experence with Apache and CGIs, but not with QuickCams on FreeBSD. I know there is the qcam kernel device so I can talk to the QuickCam, but I don't know what to use for the software to drive the camera itself. I assume there's a small program out there I can use to grab a frame off the QuickCam on demand, but I don't know what it would be, or what would be the best way to convert it to a jpeg if needed. Any suggestions? (Anyone ever done this before? I had a webcam running on a Macintosh about a year ago, but I think doing it on the UNIX box would be best...) -- Matt White mwhite@oakwood.k12.oh.us The message was brought to you by the letters B, S and D. Linux: The choice of a GNUtered generation! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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