How to capture WEBCAM using Visual C++ or API?
A. Cyberizen quoted :- There is an SDK available from Microsoft Research called “Vision SDK”. With this SDK, you can connect to your webcam and capture images in a variety of formats. I have worked on a project using this SDK in my third year project in BS. Tell me if you want any additional help. P.S.: Oh and I just learned that Microsoft has sold its Vision SDK product to some German company which might make it commercial so it might not be publicly available. Fortunately, I found a website for you that allows you to download the Microsoft version. Antti Keskinen quoted :- The most effective way to use an installed webcam is to use DirectShow, which comes with DirectX 9. The webcam driver, when it is installed and loaded, creates a DirectShow filter for the video stream and pictures available from the camera. This filter offers one or more interfaces, depending on what services the camera has. If you build and operate a ‘capture chain’ (DirectShow term), you can capture live data fro
