python and webcam

[Terry Reedy]

"dfaber" <deusfaber at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
> I have Logitech webcam and I need to grab images on Fedora Core 4 (not
> my favorite distro). Are there any python modules available for doing
> this? Any hints or suggestions would be welcome.

If is one of their ball cameras (or other shape)b with a USB connection, 
then I would expect that you access it through the TWAIN protocol.  (I 
don't know how to do that from python, but wish I did!).  If it is a truly 
web-ready camera with a built-in server and ethernet connection, then you 
access it via an http request to its inet address.