010 Sourcetrunk : Webcam, (H)asciicam and Wacaw

This episode will be all about Webcams and toying with them, software reviewed is Webcam, Hasciicam and Wacaw, for Linux, BSD and MacOSX. All Gnu GPL software. I. multimedia software : Webcam webcam captures images from a video4linux device like bttv, annotates them and and uploads them to a webserver using ftp in a endless loop. linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/ II. multimedia software : (h)asciicam HasciiCam makes it possible to have live ascii video on the web. It captures video from a tv card and renders it into ascii letters, formatting the output into an html page with a refresh tag, or in a live ascii window, or in a simple text file. It gives the possiblity to anybody that has a bttv card, a unix box and a cheap modem line to show live (h)ascii video can be viewed without any need for extra applications, plugins, java etc. ascii.dyne.org dynebolic.org III. multimedia software : wacaw A collection of tools and scripts for processing images and video from attached USB and FireWire webcams on Mac OS X. To start things off, there is a command-line tool for capturing webcam images. sourceforge.net check out my use for the Webcam (xawtv) software : atomic clock (european daytime only, it needs daylight) and here is my setup , snapped with Wacaw ! music from Buju Banton on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Tourtel Blonde