webcam stream question

[diosoxido]

i want to create a java application to control the motion of a webcam
over a LAN and capture the video to my pc, does anyone have any idea
or examples of this??

thanks in advance..

 

[Roedy Green]

i want to create a java application to control the motion of a webcam
over a LAN and capture the video to my pc, does anyone have any idea
or examples of this??

I wrote a quite elaborate program to control hundreds of PTZ cameras.
It is called Cyberview Plus. If you are interested I can give you the
email of the guy I wrote it for.

I did a simple one without PTZ you can see the source for at
http://mindprod.com/products.html#NETWORKCAM

 

[Millian Brave]

i want to create a java application to control the motion of a webcam
over a LAN and capture the video to my pc, does anyone have any idea
or examples of this??

thanks in advance..

A good starting point would be to check out Sun's Java Media Framework
(JMF). To cite the JMF homepage:

"The Java Media Framework API (JMF) enables audio, video and other
time-based media to be added to Java applications and applets. This
optional package, which can capture, playback, stream and transcode
multiple media formats, extends the multimedia capabilities on the
J2SE platform, and gives multimedia developers a powerful toolkit to
develop scalable, cross-platform technology."

Check: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/index.html

Also, check out the discussion forum at Sun:
http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jsp?forum=28

As far as I know, the JMF project has been abandoned from further
development, but it still is a very accomplished API that should be
adequate enough for the tasks you mention.


Regards,
Millian Brave