simplecapture.py

from PIL import Image
import select
import v4l2capture
import time
 
# Open the video device.
video = v4l2capture.Video_device("/dev/video0")
 
# Suggest an image size to the device. The device may choose and
# return another size if it doesn't support the suggested one.
size_x, size_y = video.set_format(1280, 1024)
 
# Create a buffer to store image data in. This must be done before
# calling 'start' if v4l2capture is compiled with libv4l2. Otherwise
# raises IOError.
video.create_buffers(1)
 
# Send the buffer to the device. Some devices require this to be done
# before calling 'start'.
video.queue_all_buffers()
 
# Start the device. This lights the LED if it's a camera that has one.
video.start()
 
# Wait for the device to fill the buffer.
select.select((video,), (), ())
 
# The rest is easy :-)
image_data = video.read()
video.close()
image = Image.frombytes("RGB", (size_x, size_y), image_data)
timestr = time.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
imagename = "/capture/image_" + timestr + ".jpg"
image.save(imagename)
print "Saved {} (Size: {}x{})".format(imagename,size_x,size_y)