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Image acquisition using webcam/camcorder

Hi,
Is it possible to use a camcorder/webcam to acquire image at a fixed frame rate &resolution using labview, so that those videos can be processed using the IMAQ.If anyone has an idea about how this can be done,please reply me.
Thanx
Deepak
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Deepak,
Yes it is possible to aquire images from a camcorder or a webcam into LabVIEW. However there are a few considerations for each. When using a camcorder, you may want to use one our IMAQ PCI-1411 Boards that support color/monochrome aquisition. If you are connecting from the camera video output, you will need a connector to convert it to a BNC connection at the card. With a NTSC signal you should aquire 30 frames per second, and 25 fps for PAL signal.
When using a webcam, it is most likely a USB input to the computer. USB cameras do not have a standard format, so NI has not come out with a USB driver for acquiring the image data. If you can find a driver from the web cam manufacturer that allows you to get access to the 2-D array of pixels, you can convert th
is to a LV image type and use Vision processing on it. I hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Chris D
NI Applications Engineer
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