tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010995700835562432024-03-12T20:51:21.761-07:00webcampictureson8bitcomputersnitrofuranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318080146381059626noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801099570083556243.post-80471597461426048692010-08-16T06:30:00.000-07:002010-08-16T06:41:32.655-07:00<a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/795795/experimental/webcampictureson8bitcomputers/webcampictureson8bitcomputers_100804.zip"><br />webcampictureson8bitcomputers_100804.zip (22kb)<br /> </a><br> <br />(english grammar and vocabulary fixes and improvement are welcome =) ) <br><br />This page is about an experience on sending webcam pictures to 8bit computers as sound, like used when loading programs from cassette tape. <br><br />The process on capturing the picture from webcam, converting to a final binary and tape file, and playing it as audio file is simple, but is depending on existing external command-line applications for that. The more elaborated algorythms used on the code were for converting the picture into the binary file, according to the final 8bit computer display specific characteristics. <br><br />Until now, only the zx-spectrum scripts were fully working, since only there i know exactly how tho create the tape file, and having the suitable tools for converting the tape file into audio file. The command-line tools used were fswebcam, imagemagick, sox, and tape2wav (from fuse zx-spectrum emulator tools). The scripts runs on sdlBasic. <br><br />In the file link above, the other 8bit computer scripts available, and not complete enough to send audio data to these computers, are for: AppleII (hires), C64 (mpic, hpic), Amiga (ham6-laced), MSX (screen 2 and 4) and ZX81. Are planned other versions, like for TRS-Color (Dragon), Mattel Aquarius, TRS-80, SamCoupé (mode 1 and 2), Thomson (MO5, TO7, etc.), SinclairQL, etc. <br><br /><br /><object width="320" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xW6krxwL5Nw&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xW6krxwL5Nw&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="240"></embed></object> <br /> <br /><object width="320" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_7mIfz48nVg&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_7mIfz48nVg&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="240"></embed></object> <br /><br><br /><br />(please don't mind about the quality of the videos, captured with a cell phone)nitrofuranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318080146381059626noreply@blogger.com0