scriptable webcam software ?

[Net Llama!]

For whomever else inquired, support for Philips USB webcams is now 
maintained by Luc Saillard:
http://www.saillard.org/pwc/

Thanks, i ended up finding and using vgrabbj:
http://vgrabbj.gecius.de/

which seems to serve my needs perfectly.

On 11/28/2004 04:17 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> Check out http://www.exploits.org/v4l/
> 
> There is a link to videodog, which is quite scriptable. It has evolved
> (as these things do) but is still, IIRC, command line.
> 
> Which webcam? Were you accessing it via v4l/2?
> 
> I have a nice Tcl interface (IMHO) to firewire digital cameras
> (IEEE-1394). I am about to extend it to generic v4l2 devices as well,
> which would include webcams. The controls are things like setting
> exposure, gain (yuck) and the like. Maybe it will be ready in
> January... 
> 
> On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 20:20 -0800, Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>>The tool that i've been using for the past 2 years, camsrv, to control 
>>my Philips webcam no longer seems to work under FC3.  THe author's email 
>>address is bouncing.
>>
>>So, i'm back to square one in trying to find a replacement tool.  I want 
>>something that is scriptable, in other words, not an X app.  I just need 
>>to use something that will take snapshots, preferable with some degree 
>>of control over size, quality.
>>
>>Anyone have any recommendations?


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