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Is there any kind of software that can convert the built-in iSight camera on a Mac OS X into an IP camera and serving it to a localhost? Preferably as static images, but any kind of stream is also accepted.
Lipis
Posted 2010-07-17T14:53:46.023
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If you are interested in just pictures every x minutes, you could roll your own script or use a program such as EyeSight. Just put the latest picture into your ~/Sites folder, and navigate to http://localhost/~username/NAME_OF_PICTURE.jpg
If you're looking at wanting to send actual video, you may want to look at QuickTime Broadcaster from Apple. It's not very easy to use but it does work.
Chealion
Posted 2010-07-17T14:53:46.023
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I'm not interesting in the actual video.. just static pictures..! So EyeSight will definitely work for me..! But you also said something about my own script.. can I grab an image via command line without downloading anything? Does MacOS supports that by default? (I'm using 10.6) I would prefer that actually because I'm writing an application for cameras in general :D – Lipis – 2010-07-17T16:49:02.720
With a quick search I found a command line tool, called iSightCapture that does it.. so for now I'm more than covered for what I want.. and maybe at one point I'll ask something more specific on SO if I run into troubles.. :) Thank you.. – Lipis – 2010-07-17T17:07:05.390
Unfortunately I'm too noob here.. so I can't even upvote yet..! – Lipis – 2010-07-17T17:07:39.180
@Lipis: FYI: Upvote is the up arrow above the number beside an answer. The checkmark is for marking a question as the answer. – Chealion – 2010-07-17T19:51:23.980
Is this the built in iSight on your Mac, or the old now unavailable external iSight? – Chealion – 2010-07-17T15:36:05.047
@Chealion It's a built-in camera.. I updated my question to reflect that.. – Lipis – 2010-07-17T15:41:10.013