CapCam

CapCam is a Windows Command Line application that captures images from a webcam or any camera connected via USB.

It is written in C# and runs under Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.

Requirements

The program uses the AForge.NET Framework.

Download

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Click here to download only the exe-files for WinXP, Win7, Win8 and Win10

Usage

c:\temp>capcam.exe
Capture image from webcam with maximum resolution
  Devicename is case-insensitive, substring is ok
  Increase delay if first image is black
  Image filename is auto-generated
Version 1.1 by michael4jonas (License gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0)

Usage: capcam.exe [options] deviceid or devicename
  Ex.: capcam.exe  0
       capcam.exe  camera -d4 -fbmp -oimage-100.jpg
       capcam.exe "usb camera" -d4 -o"image 100.jpg"

Options:
  -h               help
  -q               quiet mode

  -dN              delay for N seconds before first capture (def. 2)
  -rN              N-th resolutionid instead of maximum resolution
  -nN              N is number of images alltogether (def. 1)
  -wN              wait for N seconds before next capture (def. 1)

  -fjpg|png|bmp    image format (def. jpg)
  -ofilename       image output filename

Cameras:
  0: USB2.0 Camera

Source Code

Developed with Windows 7 and VS2015 Community
Download AForge.NET Framework-2.2.5.zip from AForge.NET Framework
Unzip to "./vendor/aforge/"
Structure afterwards (maybe adjust references in visual studio)
- ./capcam.sln
- ./vendor/aforge/release/aforge*.dll
- ...
Start capcam.sln and compile with f5
Done

License

gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0

jdetmold / capcam