Record video using a webcam on a web page

Question

I have a requirement to record video through a webcam on my web page. What are the available plugins for the same thing. My site is developed using the Ruby on Rails framework.

Regards, Pankai

Answer 1

If the HTML5 solution is right for you, you can take a look at WebRTC (currently supported by Chrome, Firefox, and Opera).

You can find a good tutorial here: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/getusermedia/intro/

Answer 2

The first blow to finding a "webcam plugin": http://www.xarg.org/project/jquery-webcam-plugin/ Since it uses JavaScript, it is easy to include it in Rails.

Many others appear in the results ...

Answer 3

Another option is to use the Nimbb widget. There are many tutorials that show you how to embed it in a website.