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jQuery webcam plugin

The jQuery webcam plugin is a transparent layer to communicate with a camera directly in JavaScript. Overview This plugin provides three different modes to access a webcam through a small API directly with JavaScript - or more precisely jQuery. Thus, it is possible to bring the image on a Canvas (callback mode), to store the image on the server (save mode) and to stream the live image of the Flash element on a Canvas (stream mode). If you just want to download the plugin, click here: Download the jQuery webcam plugin jQuery webcam example jQuery Take a picture after 3 seconds | Take a picture instantly Available Cameras HP Webcam [2 MP Fixed] (V4L2) If you activate the filter with the button on the right side of the picture, methods of my already published jQuery plugin xcolor will be used to distort the colors of the Canvas. General information about the interface The following snippet describes the interface of the webcam API: $ ( ...