Re: [Hampshire] Capturing snapshots from camera

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Author: Brian Chivers
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Capturing snapshots from camera
Alan Pope wrote:
> 2008/11/4 Brian Chivers <brian@???>:
>> I have a camera with that has a composite video output that I'd like to use and a video input card
>> (not sure if it linux compatible, if not I'll get one that is *grin*) but I'm not sure what software
>> to use to do this.
>>
>
> webcam :)
>
> It's a command line app which can be run with a basic config file to
> grab an image either using a delay or when there is a significant
> (configurable amount of) change in the image.
>
> It can save the file locally and/or scp the file to a remote host.
>
> Cheers
> Al.
>


:-)

Any idea where on the web to find out more ?

just done a google for webcam / debian and got LOADS of hits, presuming it's a debian package as
it's you saying about it :-)

Brian

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