I was just wondering would it be possible to create a gadget to view a video stream from a webcam on the local machine (im not asking for one, just asking if its possible).
Could Windows Image Aquisition (WIA) be used or is this no longer supported in Vista Or is there even the ability to use .NET in gadgets
Uptil now i've only used javascript in gadgets so that's obviously not suitable for this task.
I'm interested in making a gadget similar to what they have on macbooks, for vista laptops, so people can use their webcam like a mirror.
Thanks, Law
Webcam Gadget
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Hiral
Some webcams generate MMS streams, which are compatible with Windows Media Player (thus my suggestion to embed the WMP player ). As an alternative, this might be an interesting reference.
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/cameraviewer.asp
He acquires video in C# for a number of alternative formats...
Darren France
NathanM
rjack
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WindowsVistaSideBarGadgetForAirLinkWebCam.aspx
Eddie Garcia
Elder Morales
I created a gadget like that, which is more all-round then the Airlink Camera gadget I guess... you can define a livestream (like .asx, mms:// and other Media Encode-streams) or and image-feed (which use 1 image that refreshes on a regular interval) to watch.
View AeroXperience for the most recent version (1.0.0.1). This is also published on Windows Live Gallery, but the new version is not processed there yet (currently 0.0.0.4). The most recent version can also be found on my own cam-site PaardeCam Online.
I hope this is what you were looking for.
Vinod403103
Depends on how you access the webcam's stream (must confess that I've never programmed a webcam before). If it is a Windows Media Player-compatible media format, you could embed the Windows Media Player control in your gadget, set the source to the address of the stream, and I believe that would work.
What format is the webcam stream