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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#Copyright (c) 2010, Walter Bender
+#Copyright (c) 2010, Tony Forster
+
+#Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+#of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+#in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+#to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+#copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+#furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+#The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+#all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+#THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+#IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+#FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+#AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+#LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+#OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+#THE SOFTWARE.
+
+import gst, time
+
+def save_camera_input_to_file(imagepath):
+   """ Grab a frame from the video camera and save to a temporary file """
+
+   pipeline = gst.parse_launch(
+      'v4l2src ! ffmpegcolorspace ! jpegenc ! filesink location=' + imagepath)
+   pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)
+
+   # Need to pause for pipeline to stablize
+   time.sleep(2) 
+
+   pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_NULL)