How to access webcam with Javascript

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Andre Meinhold picture Andre Meinhold · Mar 18, 2012 · Viewed 32.2k times · Source

I google'd quite a while about this topic, without any satisfying result. Actually my basic question is: Is there any possible way to access a webcam with Javascript ?

Maybe with HTML5 ? <video> element ?

What are options as developer to access the computers webcam anyway?

Answer

Mikko Ohtamaa picture Mikko Ohtamaa · Mar 18, 2012

Please see this answer:

Access webcam without Flash

It is possible with beta browsers but if you want to developer something for IE users you need to stick with Flash.

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