How to take single snapshots from a webcam?

Question

I want to take a snapshot with my webcam using java and save it to a jpg file. What are the steps needed to do so? A tutorial would be greatly appreciated.

Greetings

Answer 1

I prefer using JMyron instead of JMF. JMyron is easy to use for accessing webcam. To save the captured image you just need to save the BufferedImage using ImageIO.write(); this blog post How To Use Webcam Using Javais usefull to start using JMyron.