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Reputation: 14763

access webcam over javascript/jquery

for my upcoming project i would like to know if there is solution to access the webcam without good old flash. Is it possible to do that in javascript, jquery or any other framework. Maybe you've an approach for a workaround or something!

any help is much appreciated, thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2235

Answers (1)

Alnitak
Alnitak

Reputation: 339776

It's possible in HTML5 with the getUserMedia() API, but as yet browser support is very limited.

See http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/getusermedia/intro/ for more info.

Note that the user MUST explicitly permit access to the camera and microphone, to prevent illicit snooping.

Upvotes: 2

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