Is it possible to stream my webcam form my local machine that's connected to the internet to show up on my website without using any media server or something similar?
A:
If you are wanting for other people to see it, then no.
Web pages have two scopes: Client and Server. Something running on one Client (user) cannot be shown to other Clients (users) without it being on the Server.
You can use things like UStream, but I would expect that they are using a media server or something similar on the back end to show the stream to other clients (users).
Tony Abrams
2010-10-08 12:08:58
Okay so If going to stream to the server instead, do you know any opensource solution for some kind of a media server?
Marconi
2010-10-08 12:50:28
I have not used any, but a google search on open source media server showed a ton of results. One that might be helpful is http://webcamspy.sourceforge.net/
Tony Abrams
2010-10-08 13:13:49
+1
A:
You could do it with some kind of java applet or flash/silverlight application, just look at sites like "chat roulette"
jimplode
2010-10-08 12:19:39