import pygst
import gst
import tempfile
import sys


class Camera(object):

  def __init__(self, *arguments):
#        snap_file, self.snap_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
	self.pipeline = gst.Pipeline("mypipeline")
	self.bus = self.pipeline.get_bus()
	v4l2src = gst.element_factory_make("v4l2src", "video")
	self.pipeline.add(v4l2src)
	enc = gst.element_factory_make("jpegenc", "enc")
	self.pipeline.add(enc)
	sink = gst.element_factory_make("filesink", "sink")
	self.pipeline.add(sink)
	v4l2src.link(enc)
	v4l2src.set_property("num-buffers", 1)
	enc.link(sink)
	sink.set_property("location", *sys.argv[1:])

  def Snap(self):
	self.pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)
	self.bus.poll(gst.MESSAGE_EOS, -1)
	self.pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_NULL)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  c = Camera()
  c.Snap()
#  print c.snap_path