[olug] semi-OT: webcam for linux with local device

John Hobbs john at velvetcache.org
Tue Aug 19 18:40:09 UTC 2008


Camserv [1,2] has a relay tool that might be what you are looking for.
 Or you could grab your gcc and grow your own, the V4L api docs are
pretty good ;-)

- John Hobbs

john at velvetcache.org

[1] http://cserv.sourceforge.net/
[2] http://svn.navi.cx/misc/trunk/camserv/README

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm... looking to stream a webcam from home to a linux dedicated server in a
> datacenter.  And I'm not looking for a once-a-second-jpg-update kind of
> thing, either.  I want to stream from home (no particular OS in mind) to my
> server and have it replicate the stream to any number of clients.
>
> I've had like, zero luck finding anything related.  Am I going to have to do
> some evil hackery with netcat / hose-faucet or something to stream from a
> device here over the net to the input of some other daemon on the server for
> it to serve live stuff ?
>
> To do this correctly am I going to have to get an IP based cam / device and
> some how transfer it to the dedicated server and have it cache it for
> streaming to clients ?
>
> -Will
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