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Title: How to stream video
Post by: vader on February 05, 2006, 01:13:27 am

Hey Guys,

I wanted to know how to stream live video from a home webcam.  What software is required and how to set it all up.  It can be streaming or something that just takes snap shots.  Is there a freeware program that allows this.  I will checking the images via PDA.  My IP is static if that helps.

Thanks

Tim

Title: Re: How to stream video
Post by: cdbrown on February 05, 2006, 05:37:45 am

Found this
http://www.commercialnetworkservices.com/streamingmedia/howtosetupawebcam.htm
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum23/3851.htm

Title: Re: How to stream video
Post by: drunkatuw on February 07, 2006, 11:31:18 am

You're probably running windows, but if by some chance you are running linux, I'd recommend webcam_server.  It's really easy to setup and has a nice java webpage so you can get more than 1 frame every 30 seconds.  Mine is on a slow cable modem, but I can still get 3-5 frames/second.

Fish Cam (http://www.drunkatuw.com/cam/webcam.html)

Title: Re: How to stream video
Post by: vader on February 07, 2006, 11:54:10 am

I found one I'm using called webspy fx....works pretty well, instead of streaming, I just set it to take snapshots...it does it like every second.  This works best for me since I'm viewing mostly on a pda...

Thanks,

TIm