capture frame from stream?

[frumbert]

I would like to be able to capture a single "frame" of a users local video source (webcam usually) and send just that frame back to the other clients viewing the stream. So that you get a sequence of captures over time, not a single stream with one frame which updates over time.

Is it possible for flashcom (or flash itself) to grab just one frame from a live stream and save it as a single-framed-flv or jpeg?

[psychlonex]

Flash/flashcom alone can't save the frame as a jpeg, but you can use flashcom to save it as a separate, 1-frame flv file, using server-side code:

var snap = Stream.get("singleFrame");
snap.play("liveStreamName", -1, 1);
snap.record();

Then to view the snapshot, simply play "singleFrame" on the client-side.

psx