I want to create a video chat application using HTML 5 elements and JavaScript, and I don\'t want to use Flash to access the user\'s webcams.
How can I accomplish th
At the moment of writing this the best solution is WebRTC. It is supported in Chrome, Mozilla and Opera, but still unavaialble in Internet Explorer and Safari.
Minimalistic demo.
Index.html
webcam.js
(function () {
navigator.getMedia = (navigator.getUserMedia || navigator.webkitGetUserMedia || navigator.mozGetUserMedia);
navigator.getMedia(
// constraints
{video:true, audio:false},
// success callback
function (mediaStream) {
var video = document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0];
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(mediaStream);
video.play();
},
//handle error
function (error) {
console.log(error);
})
})();
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