<![CDATA[Taking single images from webcam: Less bizarre way of doing it?]]>I have a usb camera streaming with mjpg_streamer. How can I get a snapshot file saved that is less bizarre than how I am doing it now.

How I am doing it now:
mjpg_streamer -b -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video0"

and then every time I want a snapshot I do:
wget -O /tmp/capture.jpg http://127.0.0.1:8080/?action=snapshot

This works but it offends my sensibilities. Isn't there a cleaner way to do this?

Thanks in advance,

Alan

]]>http://community.onion.io/topic/660/taking-single-images-from-webcam-less-bizarre-way-of-doing-itRSS for NodeTue, 09 Jun 2026 11:09:03 GMTSat, 02 Apr 2016 21:14:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Taking single images from webcam: Less bizarre way of doing it? on Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:14:34 GMT]]>I have a usb camera streaming with mjpg_streamer. How can I get a snapshot file saved that is less bizarre than how I am doing it now.

How I am doing it now:
mjpg_streamer -b -i "input_uvc.so -d /dev/video0"

and then every time I want a snapshot I do:
wget -O /tmp/capture.jpg http://127.0.0.1:8080/?action=snapshot

This works but it offends my sensibilities. Isn't there a cleaner way to do this?

Thanks in advance,

Alan

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/4757http://community.onion.io/post/4757Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:14:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Taking single images from webcam: Less bizarre way of doing it? on Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:26:54 GMT]]>@Alan-Smith I think thats the way how you shot images with webcams - thats why i decided to use gphoto2 library to shot photos from a camera.

Well, that wont be an alternative for you if you need to take videos also. Anyway it may be worth to have a look on the library because some webcams are supported also:
http://www.gphoto.org/doc/remote/
https://community.onion.io/topic/612/remote-control-camera-with-gphoto2

Cheers Ben

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