Python, streamer, mplayer, pygame, vlc, images and video from webcam.

There are some different approaches to get an image or video from a web-cam.

Make an image with the webcam:

Streamer:

:$ streamer -c /dev/video0 -b 16 -o /home/outfile.jpeg

Mplayer

:$ mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0 -vo png -frames 1

vlc

:$ vlc v4l2:///dev/video0

ffmpeg

:$ ffmpeg -b 100K -an -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 | mplayer - -idle -demuxer ogg

xxx

:$ xxx

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Webcam windows
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/DirectShow windows

https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2421

http://www.oi.com.hk/node/14.html