Posts Tagged ‘camera’
Actionscript 3 Webcam Configure
Setting up a webcam in Flash has always been pretty simple. I feel there are two cases in flash that you would use the webcam in a project: Streaming video for video chat or using it as a tool to take a photo. These two cases have completely different purposes and thus you want your camera setup properly for each.
AS3 Camera Class Quirks and Tips
Shane from Lost In Actionscript has a great writeup on some tips and tricks for working with the Camera class in AS3. One that I never thought about was:
Tip #2
When recording to a Flash Media Server make sure the camera has activity via the Activity Status Event before publishing the stream. Otherwise you may get a static or black frame at the beginning of the recorded stream.
Camera Class Quirks with FMS ยป Lost In Actionscript – Shane McCartney.