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By the way, is there any free software for streaming video from a webcam so I can embed the result in a webpage? I'm putting a webcam on my iRobot create so I

By the way, is there any free software for streaming video from a webcam so I can embed the result in a webpage? I'm putting a webcam on my iRobot create so I can watch it drive around.

lux 18y ago
On the server side, you'll want to look at red5 (http://osflash.org/red5 http://osflash.org/red5). Client side you'll likely have to code custom though. Anyone know a good webcam capturing flash or flex utility? I haven't found one myself...
- tocomment 18y ago
  red5 looks more like an API? I just need something I can install and run. It just needs to pull video from the webcam and provide me with a URL to view it in a browser.
  - lux 18y ago
    Sounds like a product idea... ;) Seriously, if anyone knows of or makes something like this, please do tell. But I haven't been able to find anything that simple for this yet.
  - tomsaffell 18y ago
    Interestingly this is not far off the original inspiration for the webcam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_room_coffee_pot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_room_coffee_pot Do any of these do the job?: http://www.download.com/1770-2001_4-0.html?query=webcam+publish&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads http://www.download.com/1770-2001_4-0.html?query=webcam+publ... Red5 & Flex would provide a way of doing this, but it would seem like overkill. (Red5 is an open source alternative to parts of Adobe's Flash Media Server product group)
    - tocomment 18y ago
      I'm guessing that none of those you linked to do the job, because they'll just send periodic snapshots. I want something that does streaming. Worst case I'll install Skype but I won't be able to get the client in the browser. I just can't believe there's no open source streaming webcast software.
justin 18y ago
justin.tv
- tocomment 18y ago
  That might work, but I'm just running this over my wifi network from one computer to another. It would be wasteful for my streaming video to have to go across the internet.

By the way, is there any free software for streaming video from a webcam so I can embed the result in a webpage? I'm putting a webcam on my iRobot create so I can watch it drive around.

lux 18y ago

On the server side, you'll want to look at red5 (http://osflash.org/red5 http://osflash.org/red5). Client side you'll likely have to code custom though. Anyone know a good webcam capturing flash or flex utility? I haven't found one myself...

tocomment 18y ago
red5 looks more like an API? I just need something I can install and run. It just needs to pull video from the webcam and provide me with a URL to view it in a browser.
- lux 18y ago
  Sounds like a product idea... ;) Seriously, if anyone knows of or makes something like this, please do tell. But I haven't been able to find anything that simple for this yet.
- tomsaffell 18y ago
  Interestingly this is not far off the original inspiration for the webcam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_room_coffee_pot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_room_coffee_pot Do any of these do the job?: http://www.download.com/1770-2001_4-0.html?query=webcam+publish&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads http://www.download.com/1770-2001_4-0.html?query=webcam+publ... Red5 & Flex would provide a way of doing this, but it would seem like overkill. (Red5 is an open source alternative to parts of Adobe's Flash Media Server product group)
  - tocomment 18y ago
    I'm guessing that none of those you linked to do the job, because they'll just send periodic snapshots. I want something that does streaming. Worst case I'll install Skype but I won't be able to get the client in the browser. I just can't believe there's no open source streaming webcast software.

justin 18y ago

justin.tv

tocomment 18y ago
That might work, but I'm just running this over my wifi network from one computer to another. It would be wasteful for my streaming video to have to go across the internet.