Capture Images from a Webcam?

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John Pickford (Posted 2005) [#1]

I've got voice recording in my game thanks to some code I found on here, now I wonder if I can capture images from a webcam using a windows DLL. Is this possible? I don't need moving images but obviously the ability to provide a live preview would be very useful.

LAB[au] (Posted 2005) [#2]

I emailed you the dll and userlib I have...

Panno (Posted 2005) [#3]

http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=27007

Rook Zimbabwe (Posted 2005) [#4]

Panno... the http://www.napalm.de/webcamdll/webcamdll.rar link appears different... I looked all over the site (Now keep in mind I do not speak german very well) but I didn't see it. I used the sites SEARCH feature and looked for webcam and only got the result of VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE. Is the file still on the site in the folder? -RZ

John Pickford (Posted 2005) [#5]

LAB[au], my email was incorrect in my profile. It's fixed now could you re-send? Thanks.

John Pickford (Posted 2005) [#6]

Panno's link doesn't work for me either. So near...

Panno (Posted 2005) [#7]

http://members.tripod.com/BLITZPANNO/ newdll in webcam2.zip

John Pickford (Posted 2005) [#8]

Many thanks Panno, I'll post my results. Edit: Any chance of some source code? That .exe works but it crashes when I close the window.

Panno (Posted 2005) [#9]

use esc to unload the dll

John Pickford (Posted 2005) [#10]

Ahh, that does it. But what if you write a windows app and someone closes it? Can you post the source code? I've no idea how to use the DLL. Cheers.

Difference (Posted 2005) [#11]

use BlitzClose Dll ? http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=44032