I only needed a simple webcam solution so I’ve used one called ‘webcam’ installed using

apt-get install webcam

this creates a config file /root/.webcamrc edit this file to suit your needs. Here’s mine for my own reference….

[grab]
       device = /dev/video0
       text = Logitech 3000 %d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S (BST)
       fg_red = 255
       fg_green = 255
       fg_blue = 255
       width = 640
       height = 480
       delay = 30
       wait = 1
       input = usb
       norm = webcam
       rotate = 0
       top = 0
       left = 0
       bottom = -1
       right = -1
       quality = 75
       trigger = 0
       once = 0
       archive = /home/blah/archives/cam0 cam0 %d-%m-%Y %H-%M-%S.jpeg
[ftp]
       host = 127.0.0.1
       user = root
       pass = xxxx
       dir  = /var/www/cams
       file = cam0.jpeg
       tmp  = uploading.jpeg
       passive = 1
       debug = 0
       auto = 0
       local = 1
       ssh = 0