snapvid

Given a <video> element that, snapvid will take a snapshot of the currently displayed frame and provide a base64 data uri.

Example Usage

var snapvid = require('snapvid');
var h = require('hyperscript');
var getUserMedia = require('getusermedia');
var attachstream = require('attachmediastream');
var video;
 
function captureVid() {
  document.body.appendChild(h('div', h('img', { src: snapvid(video) })));
}
 
function createSource(url) {
  return h('source', {
    src: url,
    type: 'video/' + url.replace(/^(?:.*\.)(\w+)$/, '$1')
  });
}
 
getUserMedia({ video: true, audio: true }, function(err, stream) {
  if (err) {
    return console.error('could not capture stream: ', err);
  }
 
  // attach the stream
  video = attachstream(stream, null, { muted: true });
 
  // add a video element
  document.body.appendChild(video);
 
  // add the capture video button
  document.body.appendChild(h('div', h('button', { onclick: captureVid }, 'capture')));
});
 

Reference

snapvid(video, opts?) => string

Valid options:

• mimeType (default: 'image/jpeg')
• quality (no default)

License(s)

ISC

Copyright (c) 2015, Damon Oehlman [e-mail]

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

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