webcam over lan

Y.B.Sober

Hi. Im not sure if this is the right forum, but ...

I want to set up a web cam that is viewable on all pcs in a small lan (5 pcs)

I have a bog standard usb cam set up and operational. How can I allow other people on the lan to see it?


thanks in advance

DJB

I've done this before using MSN and the quality is perfect. Great FPS since you are getting upto 100MB per second. If you install msn on all PC's and create a conversation between all of them... I think you can do a multiple user web cam conversation with MSN7 beta ( http://www.imagine-msn.com/messenger/default.aspx?locale=en-US )but I'm not sure. Other than that, I'm sure a quick search of software could discover something... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=webcam+software+lan

Rgds,

Dave

woolymammoth

this should do.

Y.B.Sober

have msn running at the mo but im a conspiracy theorist and want to keep microsoft applications to a minimum on my pc. downloading webcastxp as i type. will let you know how it works out.


thanks

cgarvey

I've tried it just there .. and it seems grand for video (over internet), but I can't for the life of me get audio out of my WinTV card (I mean just within WebCastXP.. WinTV application works fine).

.cg

BobTheBeat

maybe you could set up a site and host the feed on it, using one of the machines?

cgarvey

I gave up on WebCastXP, and just uses Real's Helix Server and Helix Producer instead to stream RealMedia in whatever quality I want.. works fine to stream the WinTV card as well.