Vb.net get snap of webcam

Question

Hello. How can I have my VB.net application take a picture of me from my webcam? Nothing too complicated, thanks.

Answer 1

Hi phoenix,

Thanks for your post.

There are many samples on the Internet. You can just choose one to read it. Whether the code is complicate is depends upon your experience. I’m sure that you can cover it. Here are some samples:

Image: Capture an image from a Web cam: http://www.vb-tips.com/Webcam.aspx

Grab a single frame from webcam live video stream using directshow: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsdirectshowdevelopment/thread/c3e986e3-7406-4004-adf6-93f53a4011a2

Take a snapshot from WebCam in .NET: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbgeneral/thread/aa526129-53b2-4b04-85bb-8ea095313c24/

Hope this helps. 

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Answer 2

 There are some references on this issue:

  A solution to capture video and frames simultaneously:

  Capture Sample with DirectX and .NET http://www.codeproject.com/directx/CapSample1.asp 

 

  This article describes how to use DirectShow.NET in VB.NET

  Webcam using DirectShow.NET http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/WebcamUsingDirectShowNET.asp 

 

  The avicap32.dll contains functions for connecting to and listing available video capture device on your system.

  Capture video from a video device such as a Webcam with VB .NET

  http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_video_capture.html 

 

  This programming example (VB.NET) shows how to capture AVI files and JPEG images using IC Imaging Control simultaneously.

  Image and AVI Capture http://www.imagingcontrol.com/library/dotnet/section/video-aquisition/example/image-and-avi-capture/