Allowing recording of video from webcam?

DezUk

DezUk

DezUk

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Hi Folks,

I am looking for a way to allow users to record a short video clip using their webcam, for example 5 mins. I am thinking there must be a way to allow the user to record the video on their client machine and then its uploaded to the server?

I did find this but it seems to only take stills, can anyone help have something exactly like in the link but for recording video?

Thanks
 
Usual solution is for a flash/HTML5 'recorder' that captures to the users machine and then does a file transfer once finished, rather than stream directly to the server where it saves it as a flat-file.

Edit - Infact, it looks like that jQuery plugin (i've seen a few more around; do a google) you posted is on the right lines if it allows you to save the input. Just a case of uploading it.
 
Looking at the code I see a lot of JS but is ther anyway I can grab the required code?

And how does it record, does it record to the server oir client PC , then upload?

Would love to get a hold of the code and play with it.
 
DezUk said:
Looking at the code I see a lot of JS but is ther anyway I can grab the required code?
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You can decompile flash using tools like Sothink, but it will be very buggy code, which you would most likely have to refactor to make work properly.

DezUk said:
And how does it record, does it record to the server oir client PC , then upload?
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I would imagine it records to the user's local machine and then uploads the saved .mp4 file to the server. This could be very VERY slow if you're taking a 5 minute video.
 
Well 2 minutes or maybe even 1 minute would be enough, the idea is to make the user sell themseves to the camera. So the shorter the better as it would foprce them not to ramble.
 
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