jquery-video2image v1.0.3

Video2Image

jQuery plugin for viewing/playing/stopping a webcam with image capture

This plugin requires jQuery

Video capture may not work in all browsers

Do not try to run locally, browser permissions require running with web server only

Package Manager

This plugin can be downloaded using npm

npm install jquery-video2image

Usage

selector should be a <canvas> element you have added to the page.

<canvas id="photocanvas" width="320" height="240"></canvas>

Initialize

$("#photocanvas").video2image();

Initialize with options

$(selector).video2image({
  width : 320,
  height : 240,
  autoplay : true,
  onsuccess : function () {},
  onerror: function () {}
});

Find out if your browser supports this

Returns true or false

var isSupported = $(selector).video2image('isSupported');

To get a PNG DataURL from the canvas

Returns an image/png in base64

var dataurl = $(selector).video2image('capture');

To Stop the video

$(selector).video2image('stop');

To start/restart the video

$(selector).video2image('start');