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basic html5 web cam example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<video id="video" width="640" height="480" autoplay></video>
<button id="snap">Snap Photo</button>
<canvas id="canvas" width="640" height="480"></canvas>
</body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var video = document.getElementById('video');
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
var errBack = function(e) {
console.log('An error has occurred!', e)
};
// Get access to the camera!
if (navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia) {
// Not adding `{ audio: true }` since we only want video now
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
video: true
}).then(function(stream) {
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
video.play();
});
}
var mediaConfig = { video: true };
//
if (navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia) {
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(mediaConfig).then(function(stream) {
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
video.play();
});
}
/* Legacy code below! */
else if (navigator.getUserMedia) { // Standard
navigator.getUserMedia(mediaConfig, function(stream) {
video.src = stream;
video.play();
}, errBack);
} else if (navigator.webkitGetUserMedia) { // WebKit-prefixed
navigator.webkitGetUserMedia(mediaConfig, function(stream) {
video.src = window.webkitURL.createObjectURL(stream);
video.play();
}, errBack);
} else if (navigator.mozGetUserMedia) { // Mozilla-prefixed
navigator.mozGetUserMedia(mediaConfig, function(stream) {
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
video.play();
}, errBack);
}
// Trigger photo take
document.getElementById('snap').addEventListener('click', function() {
context.drawImage(video, 0, 0, 640, 480);
});
</script>
</html>
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