Re: Transmitting a webcam's flux to the Internet: how?
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:18:36 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Many cities/special places, etc., have `live' webcams which allow
> Internet users to see these places `live.' This is often achieved thanks
> to hosting websites, etc. I'm here asking myself how I could, from a
> device (not necessarily a traditional computer), send the webcam flux to
> the Internet.
Well, IP cameras usually provide an embedded web server to distribute the
flux directly or a facility (a client) to send the streaming to an online
service. Standard (USB) webcams require a bit of manual tweaking.
> Say that I can capture the flux, in a given format, this flux being
> constituted by one image taken every x second(s) (where x << -> fluidity
>>>). Then, how could I transmit it to the Internet? How do live webcam
> generally work? I did not find anything on the Internet about this. If
> one finds a pointer, I'm okay to read more.
You can take a look into "camstream" or "webcam-server", both available
for Lenny :-)
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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