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Samiruddin Syed
Samiruddin Syed
3,136 Points
Posted by Samiruddin Syed
Samiruddin Syed
3,136 Points

Record Video from User Webcam

I have been working on a small project of mine, I got stuck where I wanted to add a functionality where a particular script does the following :

  1. asks the user to Allow or Deny to enable his webcam
  2. and then on click of a record button, the webcam should record the video of the user and on clicking stop, the script should ask the user whether to submit or re-record.
  3. the video should be submitted if the user chooses to submit and should be uploaded to the server.

I want to achieve this using PHP, the video uploading can be done using the input type="file" but the functionality involved in between is my main hurdle.

I hope someone around can help me in this, I would be highly grateful.

2 Answers

Yorick Toma
Yorick Toma
742 Points
Yorick Toma
Yorick Toma
742 Points

Hey there, first of all i have no idea how to achieve this but looking at your general structure i think you can store the files using PHP but the part of the user won't involve any PHP at all. As PHP is a SERVER side programming language and you certainly want to be using a CLIENT side language.

I would recommend taking a look at YouTube My Webcam or Red5 Recorder Demo

Goodluck !

Samiruddin Syed
Samiruddin Syed
3,136 Points
Samiruddin Syed
Samiruddin Syed
3,136 Points

Yes i understand that PHP is a server side language but i will be using it because I will also be inserting few records in the MySQL database when this video is uploaded.