It might be more than you need, but you can also use the Windows Media Encoder SDK. You can even broadcast the web cam with it..
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/wm7/encoder.asp

>Anybody have tried to connect a (web) cam to a VFP screen, to get a snapshot an then convert it to a .gif or something?
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>Thanks
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>Horacio