[Cialug] Streaming USB webcam video

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Has anyone streamed video from a USB connected webcam so that you can see
> that webcam video from anywhere on the internet?  I have tried a couple of
> different programs but neither seems to work as I expected.  I tried a
> product called TinCam and the other I forgot the name. Maybe someone can
> save me some time and agrivation by pointing me in the right direction.
>
> I would perfer to have a IP connected cam but don't have one.  Don't know
> if that would make any difference.
>

I've been using Flumotion to stream a video feed of DMACC's wind turbine
very successfully:

http://streaming.dmacc.edu/wind-turbine/
http://streaming.dmacc.edu:8800/wind-turbine/video.webm

I'm pulling the video from a Axis network camera, but works just as well as
with a USB webcam (assuming the kernel has good support for your webcam).

If you need a flash applet for playback I recommend Flowplayer:

http://flowplayer.org

-- 
Jeff Ollie
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