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Old 03-30-2009, 04:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default If a webcam sees something, can it open a file?

Hi, I'm new to this website, my name is Martin,

I know that there are applications so that webcams can take pictures when they see motion, this is just a switch.

So I was wondering if anyone knows of anyway to have a file opened when my webcam detects motion?

I would be very happy if anyone knows of anyway to do this.

Thanks in advance,
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Old 03-30-2009, 05:40 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Default 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.
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