Webcam viewer + snapshot using pyGTK and Gstreamer

The idea of this project was to implement an interface allowing you to display a webcam live feed and to take snapshot from it.

How do I use it?

Type in

python demo.py

The possible (and optional) arguments are :

• -d / --device: the device used for video input. Default:/dev/video0
• -r / --resolution: the webcam resolution. Format: W:H. Default: 640:480
• -o / --ouput-format the snapshot format. Available: jpeg & png. Default: jpeg

What do I need ?

This project uses gstreamer & pygtk. Consequently, the following modules are required:

• gst
• pygst
• gtk
• pygtk