java capture webcam image

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Capturing image from webcam in java?

What are the options for capturing image from webcam in java?

I know that JMF is a useful library for this, but it hasn't been updated in the past few years and I would rather not use it.

related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/276292 and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/115835 — ManBugra, Jul 24 '11 at 20:26

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '11 at 20:14

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May be old, but it is quite reliable and simple. Give it a try!

You can find alternatives like FMJ, which is API-compatible with JMF.

Xuggle is very good too.

answered Jun 09 '11 at 20:14

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '12 at 15:22

This JavaCV implementation works fine.

CODE:

import com.googlecode.javacv.OpenCVFrameGrabber;

import com.googlecode.javacv.cpp.opencv_core.IplImage;
import static com.googlecode.javacv.cpp.opencv_highgui.*;

public class CaptureImage {
    private static void captureFrame() {
        // 0-default camera, 1 - next...so on
        final OpenCVFrameGrabber grabber = new OpenCVFrameGrabber(0);
        try {
            grabber.start();
            IplImage img = grabber.grab();
            if (img != null) {
                cvSaveImage("capture.jpg", img);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        captureFrame();
    }
}

There is also post on viewing live video from Camera .And configuration for JavaCV : You can modify the codes and be able to save the images in regular interval and do rest of the processing you want.

java capture webcam image

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