Guys, I have a friend who is trying to set up a camera (webcam) at a construction site to monitor the activity and wants to be able to stream the capture video (in real time) to a web site. This is so someone who is not on site can monitor the site activities from their computer. How do you do this? I know we need a webcam installed and hardwired to a computer that will be running all the time with an ISP connection. The question is how do you stream the video to a particular web site. I know the administrators here steam sports games in real time, so this shouldn't be that different, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Here is a how to page:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How-To--Stream-Video-from-Your-Webcam-to-the-Internet
I think some of the companies that make webcams provide a website where you can hook up to and stream your webcam to.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How-To--Stream-Video-from-Your-Webcam-to-the-Internet
I think some of the companies that make webcams provide a website where you can hook up to and stream your webcam to.
Thank you all for your suggestions. I will pass the information on and see what he wants to do.
A couple of things. First, with streaming multiple people from multiple sources can view it, but as far as I know, only one external PC can be signed on the local one at a time, unless I am mistaken. Second, how does remote-desktop work over the internet? I have only done it at home on the same network.
A couple of things. First, with streaming multiple people from multiple sources can view it, but as far as I know, only one external PC can be signed on the local one at a time, unless I am mistaken. Second, how does remote-desktop work over the internet? I have only done it at home on the same network.
How does the WAN bit work? Let's say I have a router at home that assigns fake IPs to all the PCs in my home, for example, 192.168.0.100. Now, I am at work and the IPs at work are assigned the same, so 192.168.0.100 maybe another workstation here at work. Now, the modem at my home has the real IP address, but even if I use that IP address, how do I connect to a specific pc at home? Is that were the port comes in? How? Sorry for being illiterate about this stuff - it comes from 25+ years of mainframe programming!!
To get past the router, you need to set your router to forward requests on certain ports to a certain 192.x IP address in your LAN.
So let's say your real IP is 24.244.110.43 and your PC has an IP address of 192.168.0.100 and the application we are using works on port 8000
You want your router to translate 24.244.110.43:8000 to 192.168.0.100:8000
It's pretty easy on Dlink, Linksys and SMC routers.
To be honest, for this purpose, VNC (The Real VNC) is much better and faster. You can also customize the port on VNC whereas on Remote Desktop you can't.
Using VNC you can make sure only ONE session is run yet viewed by multiple people. This way you can even monitor who does what on the central computer in real time.
Just download "Real VNC" (VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing) and see for yourself.
So let's say your real IP is 24.244.110.43 and your PC has an IP address of 192.168.0.100 and the application we are using works on port 8000
You want your router to translate 24.244.110.43:8000 to 192.168.0.100:8000
It's pretty easy on Dlink, Linksys and SMC routers.
To be honest, for this purpose, VNC (The Real VNC) is much better and faster. You can also customize the port on VNC whereas on Remote Desktop you can't.
Using VNC you can make sure only ONE session is run yet viewed by multiple people. This way you can even monitor who does what on the central computer in real time.
Just download "Real VNC" (VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing) and see for yourself.
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The problem with port forwarding like this is that basically you are opening a hole into your firewall so everyone can connect to you PC through that port. It is not very secure. Specially if it is a well known port such as remote desktop. There are people who scan the internet for some well known ports and if they get through they try to break into your machines.
I would use a VPN solution such as openVPN which is free to connect from outside to your home network.
I would use a VPN solution such as openVPN which is free to connect from outside to your home network.
