Tobias Gogolin wrote: > > Well there is w3cam > its a cgi that can serve in your apache or so > it also comes with videocat which would serve well enough in a Script > Disadvantage is in the current v4l standard config any other viewer running at the same time would block usage of the video device - > I think there is a solution from the people that did 'motion' - a tool that you could also use to grab Images to mpeg and that even > dependent of an amount of change ... How about firing up xawtv and then adding the following to cron: */15 * * * * DISPLAY=0.0 /usr/X11R6/bin/xawtv-remote grab \ SOMEDIRECTORY/$(date +%H%M%S).jpeg You could probably do the same with streamer and you wouldn't need to have xawtv fired up in advance. > > cheers > > Tobias > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Ford" <jaford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 01:26 > Subject: Snapshots? > > > I want to be able to take a snapshot at (say) 15min intervals from the > > camera I've got setup on my bt848 card. (It would be nice if xawtv > > offered this option Gerd!) > > > > Anyone know of an application that does this, or one that just grabs one > > frame and exits that I can set up with a cron job, please? > > > > Regards: Jim Ford > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Video4linux-list mailing list > > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list -- Until later: Geoffrey esoteric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - Albert Einstein
