
                             w3cam, Version 0.6.6
                                       
    [1]Rasca, Berlin 1998-2000, published under the [2]GNU GPL
   Note: This [3]CGI is for [4]Linux running a kernel of the [5]2.2.X
   series!
   
   w3cam is a simple CGI to retrieve images from a so called video4linux
   device. In other words this program will only run on Linux machines
   which support a video4linux-device.
   
   w3cam supports a plain mode and a gui mode. In the gui mode a html
   with a form is supplied to change some parameters with the mouse ..
   
     * Supported output formats: [6]PNG, JPEG and PPM
     * Screen dumps in GUI mode [7]double.jpg
     * Installation: run configure & make install; edit the installed
       w3cam.cgi.scf file for runtime configuration
     * Usage: Install the CGI and then call {url}/w3cam.cgi?help
     * Download source code: [8]w3cam-0.6.6.tar.gz
     * Needed Libraries: libz, libpng, libjpeg
     * Checkout [9]ChangeLog for changes since last release
     * Tips:
          + Don't use refresh=0 if you are not the only one, who want to
            access the video, cause this will lock the v4l device.
          + Set refresh=-1 if the image is NOT embedded in a HTML-page
            (or set it at compile time as the default or at runtime in
            the configuration file).
          + Use w3cam.css to change the layout (don't forget to install
            and define the URL in the config file..)
     * Links:
          + [10]Video4Linux
          + [11]Video 4 Linux Resources
          + [12]bttv Driver
          + [13]FreeType Library
          + [14]Motion
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    [15]rasca, 21. Aug 2000 - 22:41

References

   1. http://home.pages.de/~rasca/
   2. http://home.pages.de/~rasca/w3cam/COPYING
   3. http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/
   4. http://www.linux.org/
   5. ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/
   6. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
   7. http://home.pages.de/~rasca/w3cam/double.jpg
   8. http://home.pages.de/~rasca/w3cam-0.6.6.tar.gz
   9. http://home.pages.de/~rasca/w3cam/ChangeLog
  10. http://roadrunner.swansea.uk.linux.org/v4l.shtml
  11. http://www.exploits.org/v4l/
  12. http://www.metzlerbros.de/bttv.html
  13. http://www.freetype.org/
  14. http://motion.technolust.cx/
  15. mailto:thron@gmx.de
