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Hey everybody,
I want to program an application that will capture from my WebCam. I've already worked with the multimedia library and used capCreateCaptureWindow to set up a simple capture window. However, being an ASM programmer, I naturally wonder if I can interface the device directly. Specifically I want direct access to the buffer receiving the frames.

I suppose I will have to program the device driver directly, but have no idea where to begin. Searching for "programming webcam" on google didn't help.

Any suggestions are very much appreciated

Thanks
--Chorus

Thanks for the link sloppy, I'll take a look into it.

However, building up a VDD in ring 0 isn't really my interest right now, (although that might come later). I think I was sorta unclear in the first post. I'd like to talk to the existing driver directly rather than going through the Capture Window. Basically, I wanna eliminate the middle man and have access to functions that will init the camera, capture a frame to memory, etc. I need to know what these functions are called (I assume there must be some standard) and then how to call them.

Thanks again,

--Chorus