Jquery Camera Preview

Jquery Camera Preview is a plugin that allows web developers to access camera and microphone streams from within their webpages. It provides a simple interface to capture images and record audio or video. The plugin is built on top of the HTML5 media capture API and works on all modern browsers.

Installation

To install Jquery Camera Preview, you can download the source code from the GitHub repository: https://github.com/aaronm67/jquery-camera-preview

Alternatively, you can use a package manager like npm or yarn to install the plugin:

npm install jquery-camera-preview --save

yarn add jquery-camera-preview

After installing the plugin, you can include the script in your HTML file:

<script src="jquery.camera-preview.js"></script>

Usage

To use Jquery Camera Preview, you need to create a video element on your HTML page:

<video id="camera-preview"></video>

Then, you can initialize the plugin in your JavaScript code:

$('#camera-preview').cameraPreview();

This will start the camera and microphone streams and display the video preview in the video element.

Options

Jquery Camera Preview provides several options to customize the behavior of the plugin:

• captureWidth (default: 640): The width of the captured image or video.
• captureHeight (default: 480): The height of the captured image or video.
• captureFormat (default: 'image/png'): The format of the captured image ('image/png' or 'image/jpeg').
• enableImage (default: true): Enables image capture.
• enableVideo (default: false): Enables video capture.
• enableAudio (default: false): Enables audio capture.
• imagePlaceholder (default: null): Specifies the ID of an image element to display the captured image.
• videoPlaceholder (default: null): Specifies the ID of a video element to display the captured video.
• audioPlaceholder (default: null): Specifies the ID of an audio element to play the captured audio.
• onSuccess (default: null): Callback function to be called when the capture is successful.
• onError (default: null): Callback function to be called when there is an error.

To set options, you can pass an object to the cameraPreview() method:

$('#camera-preview').cameraPreview({
  captureWidth: 800,
  captureHeight: 600,
  enableVideo: true,
  onSuccess: function() {
    console.log('Capture successful!');
  },
  onError: function(error) {
    console.log('Capture error:', error);
  }
});

Conclusion

Jquery Camera Preview is a useful plugin for web developers who need to capture images, audio, or video from within their webpages. It provides an easy-to-use interface and works on all modern browsers.