Comments on: i gotta get digivideowebificated!

Question: i gotta get digivideowebificated!

univac — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:39:08 -0800

I'm trying to get the local webcam to stream to the stage on Flash CS3 actionscript3. When I run it, I get a blank screen and no errors. Any help at all would be appreciated. Here is my code so far: import flash.system.SecurityPanel; Security.showSettings(SecurityPanel.CAMERA); var cam:Camera = Camera.getCamera(name); var vid:Video = new Video(); vid.attachCamera(cam); stage.addChild(vid); Thanks!

Posted for a friend. I don't really know what any of this means.

By: grumblebee

grumblebee — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:17:50 -0800

This works for me:

import flash.system.SecurityPanel;
Security.showSettings(SecurityPanel.CAMERA);
var cam:Camera = Camera.getCamera();
var vid:Video = new Video();
vid.attachCamera(cam);
addChild(vid);

My only change was to remove name from the third line. I'm not sure what "name" was doing there in your code.

By: klanawa

klanawa — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:27:34 -0800

the name property should befrom the array of strings returned by Camera.names. Leave it out entirely to get the default camera.

By: grumblebee

grumblebee — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:43:14 -0800

I don't get the default camera when I run that script. I get a security window that allows me to choose which camera I want to use.

On my macbook, the dropdown contain three cameras. I'm not sure why. I only have one attached and have never installed any others. Maybe those three are hardcoded into the dropdown. And the one that's chosen by default doesn't work for me. I have to choose another one to get it working.