From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 30 14:14:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25200 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:14:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oak.oakwood.k12.oh.us (oak.oakwood.k12.oh.us [156.63.171.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA25192 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:14:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwhite@oak.oakwood.k12.oh.us) Received: (from mwhite@localhost) by oak.oakwood.k12.oh.us (8.8.8/8.8.7) id RAA04111; Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:14:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwhite) Message-ID: <19980730171426.27780@oakwood.k12.oh.us> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:14:26 -0400 From: Matt White To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Webcam with FreeBSD? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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