| Package | camera |
| Description | Create readable streams from connected webcams |
| Node Version | >= 0.4 |
This library requires that you have OpenCV installed - go to the OpenCV site for instructions.
The object returned from createStream is a full readable Stream - you can pause, resume, destroy, pipe, etc.
createStream optionally takes a camera number and defaults to 0 for the main camera
Each data event is a full image buffer from the camera - the framerate is variable on your CPU (should be an option in the future). To convert the buffer to a base64 data uri (for the browser) just do "data:image/png;base64," + buffer.toString('base64')
camera = require 'camera'
webcam = camera.createStream()
webcam.on 'data', (buffer) ->
# do something with image bufferSugar for s.once 'data', cb - callback receives one image buffer
Returns an array of video frames for the time-span specified in milliseconds
fs = require 'fs'
camera = require 'camera'
webcam = camera.createStream()
webcam.on 'data', (buffer) ->
fs.writeFileSync 'cam.jpg', buffer
webcam.destroy()(MIT License)
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