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This is a quick hack which shows you the view from your webcam, updating ever half-second. There's a simple button for saving images on the main window.

Here's what it looks like:

A sample output image is:

To build the source you'll need several libraries installed.

If you're running Debian GNU/Linux just run :

apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libimlib2-dev giblib-dev

To use this you'll need a Webcam which is supported by the Linux kernel's videodev API.

I use a Philips PWC camera, and it works just fine via /dev/video0

Download from the following URL - most recent version at the top:

• gtkcamshot-1.4.tar.gz [11k]
• gtkcamshot-1.3.tar.gz [36k]
• gtkcam-1.2.tar.gz [23k]
• gtkcam-1.1.tar.gz [18k]