Saving captured images from webcam with different default names

Dave Chika

Hello, i have an embedded circuit am designing (Home security Burglar alarm),it has webcam connected to it then to my Pc serialport,in event of burglar breaking into my home (by tripping the sensors) the device sends letter like " c " to the Pc serialport which signals my C# application to activates for my webcam (30secs to 2minutes) to take capture images of the burglar and save it on my harddrive with different default names at different intervals this happens once my sensors are tripped on my hardware.
Any clue or lines of code will be appreciated.

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Javeed M Shaikh15y ago
Accepted answer
Hi Dave,

I found this article which will help you in your project, it has code samples also:

https://sites.google.com/site/webcamlibrarydotnet/winfrom-and-csharp-sample-code-and-download

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Sam Hobbs15y ago
That's great progress, Dave. The solution to your current problem is easy. I think it would be better to create a new thread for the latest problem since it is a very different problem. There are certainly solutions to the problem of creating a new filename but I am not sure what would be best for your application. So it would be better to create a new thread for the new question and then you can describe your requirements better.

You should close out this thread by choosing which reply helped you and then checking the checkbox to indicate that the reply is the answer.
Dave Chika15y ago
Hi Sir,i have been goin through the recommended articles and i have been able to capture image webcam and save it on my c:/ drive, but am having slight problems. i want each time an image is saved,it should not overwrite the old captured one already saved on my c:/(i.e images saved will be different from previous ones left untouched with different names e.g pix1.jpg,pix2.jpg,pixs3.jpg,pix4.jpg etc)
Sam Hobbs15y ago
Look at the articles in this web site. Start by looking at the articles listed in the email you received when you created this question and at the articles in the "Our recommended articles" at the right side of this window.
Dave Chika15y ago
@ sam Hobbs, i need help saving the images captured by the webcam to a folder in my harddrive,the burglar images will be saved say 5 to 10 times in 1mins 0r 2mins.(e.g image1,image2,image3,image4,image5 e.t.c). thanks for ur anticipated response
Sam Hobbs15y ago
Do you need help reading from the serial port or help activating the webcam or help capturing images or help saving images to your hard drive or do you need help with something else?