Python api for taking picture from a webcam on a Linux machine

Im using ubuntu 11.04 on my Lenovo Thinkpad machine. Is there a python api for taking a picture programmatically from the webcam ? .开发者_如何学Go Some example would be really appreciated.

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opencv has python wrappers http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/python/index.html

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There is a package here: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/v4l2

You might also want to study the Video4Linux 2 API specification.