Ok, after thinking it through I couldn't decide whether this belonged under webcams or networking but, after consideration, I chose to put it under networking. Mods, if it needs to be moved, please do.
THE SIMPLE TASK:
use a webcam in the baby's room as a video monitor
WHAT I ALREADY KNOW FROM DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH:
I can use VLC to stream webcam output onto my home network and use VLC on a destination machine to display the video stream
What I'd like to know from the network gurus is if there is a way I can stream this webcam to a webserver? the webserver would run as a daemon in the background, and if I wanted to access the video feed, I could, from any computer, just open firefox and access the webserver. for example
Is this even possible? The reason I'm asking is because I want the stream to be more universally accessible, so as not to have to have a machine with VLC installed. Or, not even a computer period at all, like if I open Safari from my AppleTV.
Ideas?
Thanks.
THE SIMPLE TASK:
use a webcam in the baby's room as a video monitor
WHAT I ALREADY KNOW FROM DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH:
I can use VLC to stream webcam output onto my home network and use VLC on a destination machine to display the video stream
What I'd like to know from the network gurus is if there is a way I can stream this webcam to a webserver? the webserver would run as a daemon in the background, and if I wanted to access the video feed, I could, from any computer, just open firefox and access the webserver. for example
Is this even possible? The reason I'm asking is because I want the stream to be more universally accessible, so as not to have to have a machine with VLC installed. Or, not even a computer period at all, like if I open Safari from my AppleTV.
Ideas?
Thanks.
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