Capture am image from webcam and save

Hello guys im trying to save a picture taken from my webcam. im actually using this code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.IO;

public partial class ImageConversions : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        CreatePhoto();
    }

    void CreatePhoto()
    {
        try
        {

            string strPhoto = Request.Form["imageData"]; //Get the image from flash file
            byte[] photo = Convert.FromBase64String(strPhoto);



           FileStream fs = new FileStream("C:\\Webcam.jpg", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write);
            BinaryWriter br = new BinaryWriter(fs);
            br.Write(photo);
            br.Flush();
            br.Close();
            fs.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception Ex)
        {

        }
    }
}

The application RUNS, i get to see the image , i click the capture button it gives no error till here BUT BUT BUT ... NO IMAGE IS SAVED EITHER i downloaded the sample from HERE : http://www.dotnetspider.com/resources/38150-Capture-save-images-from-Web-camera.aspx (check the attachemnt)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 9049

Answers (2)

Anupam Roy
Anupam Roy

Reputation: 1674

Try this article. It works pretty good. But I couldn't work with a custom message when webcam is not attached. It gives a auto generated error message.

webcamlibrarydotnet

Upvotes: 0

Pravin D.
Pravin D.

Reputation: 1

Change Path.. I also had same problem.. Your C Drive Has security level high, Change path to "D:\Webcam.jpg" and it will work

Upvotes: 0

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