Say Cheese! - getUserMedia made simple

getUserMedia is a relatively new browser API that allows you to access the user's webcam and microphone. Getting it set up in a cross-browser compatible way isn't easy, though, due to the amount of vendor specific functions required, as well as their difference in implementation.

Say Cheese! is a small library that allows you to make use of webcams in your app, and also take pictures. It works in Chrome, Firefox*, and Opera.

Q: So, why use it, then?

A: Because it spares you the pain of having to deal with the set up yourself. You don't have to faff about with feature detection and all that:

window.URL = (window.URL || window.webkitURL);
if (window.URL && window.URL.createObjectURL) {
  return window.URL.createObjectURL(this.stream);
} else {
  return this.stream;
}
... blah blah blah...

When you can do this:

// the container element is where the video is appended
var webcam = new SayCheese('#container-element', { snapshots: false });

webcam.on('start', function() { 
  // do something
});

webcam.on('error', function() {
  // gets fired when not supported, or user denies access
});

webcam.start();

That's basically it. Give it a shot and help improve it :)

* A bug in the current version of stable Firefox prevents the snapshot functionality from working correctly, however this has been fixed in Aurora and Nightly.