RE: [pygame] PyPanda/ Webcam info

["hpan@nettaxi.com" <hpan@nettaxi.com>]

Hi again,

>Hi, I'm the author of PyPanda. It doesn't actually involve streaming
>video in the usual sense - the San Diego Zoo Pandacam just sends a
>series of jpg images, one after another, in the hopes that the
>receiving browser can deal with that.  All I do is connect to the
>server, grab one image byte by byte, detect the end of the image file,
>assemble the bytes into the jpg format, then display it, and wait for
>the next image.

Is there any program which can do the above, in windows platform (which I mainly test pyGame)?

>So, if the 'video' you're interested in is composed of a series of
>unconnected image files, you can use my technique - the code for
>pyPanda may help you get started.  However, if your source is actually
>sending 'streaming video' of a more sophisticated type, I'm afraid
>you're going to have to identify the format and do some reading :)
I figured it out, but as it looks like, it's a bit difficult for me for now...

- Panos



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