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[DPRG] DPRG Web Cam
Subject: [DPRG] DPRG Web Cam
From: R. Steven Rainwater
srainwater at ncc.com
Date: Fri Oct 13 10:46:37 CDT 2006
On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 22:06, BBBB wrote:
> I am trying to figure out a simple way to stream video
> over a LAN and was wondering what DPRG was using to
> stream the webcams from the World Headquarters.
We're using camserv:
http://cserv.sourceforge.net/
It's free (as in speech) software and runs on Linux. Camserv really just
sends a multi-part JPEG stream, which means a certain legacy browser
(IE) can't display it without some type of plugin. It works fine on all
modern browsers I'm aware of though (Firefox, Mozilla SeaMonkey, Opera,
Safari, etc.). There's also no audio.
If you need audio or higher performance, you might try something like
FFmpeg:
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/
It's also free software, however using open source licensed MPEG
software will technically put you in violatation of MPEG patents in
several countries (this why most commercial Linux distros can't play
MP3s and DVDs out of the box). If you're not making money from it, you
probably don't have anything to worry about. Also, I think FFmpeg may
now support the Theora and Vorbis (Ogg) formats which are not patent
encumbered.
-Steve
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