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jaeusm · 03-30-2009, 05:40 PM

If your webcam raises some event when it detects motion, then you can handle that event. If it doesn't, then you'd have to write some custom software to analyze the video stream. That would not be trivial.

03-30-2009, 05:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
jaeusm Software Developer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 569	Re: If a webcam sees something, can it open a file? If your webcam raises some event when it detects motion, then you can handle that event. If it doesn't, then you'd have to write some custom software to analyze the video stream. That would not be trivial.