[FFmpeg-user] Newb question: How can I access h.264-enabled webcams?

[David Arendash]

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On 02/14/12 07:50, David Arendash wrote:
> Hello all, first time here, sorry if this has been asked before. I didn't know where else to ask this, and googling got me nowhere fast:
>
> I have some h.264-enabled webcams (HP HD5210 and Creative InPerson HD). They work with Skype and so on just fine. I need them to work with my app. Basically, I need to get frames as high-res and fast as possible, and these cameras can deliver the speed. Now I need to get at those frames to process them myself (I don't want to just pass the stream along).
>
> Is that what ffmpeg can do?  If not, is there any where else I should be looking. I'm really quite lost. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
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you want to process in real time? Otherwise you can first save the 
stream and then process it.

If you want in real time, you can add filters in ffmpeg.
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Thanks for reply.
Well, ultimately I would like to process in real time. Actually, at this point, if I could just get the camera stream from the camera (as h.264) over the network to my client, that would be great. Although, I do need to decompress it on that end. I'm guessing I can do that? Would like to load as DLL or .bundle (win or mac) or pull from a client that can hand me uncompressed frames.

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