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JavaScript

Posted by Farouk Charkas
Farouk Charkas
1,957 Points

getUserMedia() alternative?

Are there any alternatives to JavaScript's getUserMedia()?

1 Answer

Shawn Flanigan
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Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 Points
Shawn Flanigan
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 Points

Farouk: I'm not finding any pure JavaScript alternatives, but I did find this HTML5 Webcam Image Capture Library with Flash Fallback on GitHub. It uses getUserMedia when allowed, then falls back on Flash if the browser no longer supports getUserMedia. Hope that helps.

I also ran across this blog post by Treehouse JavaScript instructor Andrew...where he references a Google Hangouts-style app that looks like it's built around WebRTC. I don't know anything about it, but it might be worth a look.