dodobasu / java_swing_webcam

Java Swing Webcam Capture

Java Swing Webcam Capture and Save

Create Java Swing Project to Capture and Save Webcam Image

Getting Started

Download and open in Netbean 8.xx IDE

Prerequisites

• Java SDK 8.xx
• NetBean IDE
• Generic Webcam Java API http://webcam-capture.sarxos.pl/
• Library required (found in https://github.com/sarxos/webcam-capture)

1. bridj-0.7.0.jar
2. slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar
3. webcam-capture-0.3.13-20180202.082008-3.jar

//////////SWING COMPONENT////////////
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
    private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
    private javax.swing.JPanel jPanel1;
    private javax.swing.JPanel panelCam;

//////////  IMPORT /////////////////////

import com.github.sarxos.webcam.Webcam;
import com.github.sarxos.webcam.WebcamPanel;
import com.github.sarxos.webcam.WebcamResolution;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.HeadlessException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

/////////// IN MAIN CLASS/////////

public class NewJFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {
    private final Dimension ds=new Dimension(450,360);
    private final Dimension cs= WebcamResolution.VGA.getSize();
    private final Webcam wCam=Webcam.getDefault();
    private final  WebcamPanel wCamPanel=new WebcamPanel(wCam,ds,false);  
    
////// AFTER INIT COMPONENT ////////////

    public NewJFrame() {
        initComponents();
        wCam.setViewSize(cs);
        wCamPanel.setFillArea(true);
        panelCam.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        panelCam.add(wCamPanel);      
 }
 
 //////////////// AT CAPTURING EVENT ///////////////// 
 
        Thread t = new Thread(){
        @Override        
        public void run(){
        wCamPanel.start();
    }
    };
    t.setDaemon(true);
    t.start();
    
 /////////////////// SAVING EVENT ///////////
 
  try{
          File file= new File(String.format("capture-%d.jpg",System.currentTimeMillis())) ;
        ImageIO.write(wCam.getImage(), "JPG", file);
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "image saved on :\n" + file.getAbsolutePath(),"CamCap",1);
        }
        catch(HeadlessException | IOException e){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,"Image Not Saved :/n"+e.getMessage(),"Cam",0);
            
        }
 

Installing

Clone git and open dist folder and run JavaApplication2.jar in windows environment

Built With

• sarxos Generic Webcam Java API - The webcam generic Library
• Netbeans - Netbeans IDE
• Java SDK - as per your OS

Contributing & Issue

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Authors

• Prativas Basu - Initial work - Bartosz Firyn

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• Bartosz Firyn