Capture webcam snapshot as bitmap and send to server

[jspoon27]

I have a local webcam stream appearing on the stage in a movieclip.

When I click a "snapshot button", a still image from the webcam gets attached to a new movieclip on the stage with attachbitmap and then draw()

The snapshot shows up in the movieclip on the stage as a preview.

I want to know how to send the data of this bitmap in the movieclip to a server (php or coldfusion) to be saved as a JPEG.

I can't figure out how to access the bmp data and send it to a server... any answers?

[kglad]

in as2, check mario klingemann's bitmapexporter class: www.quasimondo.com

in as3, check the jpegencoder class: http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex/3/langref/mx/graphics/codec/JPEGEncoder.html

(but searching google you'll get more helpful info on the jpegencoder class - esp. from kourantin

[LeverLock2]

Hello jspoon27,

I am working on a locally run flash application that is very similar to your post about wanting to save a snapshot of a local webcam. Could you share your code for doing that or explain your steps? I would like to have a webcam running then take a snapshot of the webcam with a button and then email the saved snapshot. My main interest is how you created the snapshot and button for it.

Thank you,

LeverLock2