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Perhaps OT, but advice needed anyhow...

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 9:35 pm
by fractalvibes
OK - I have a friend who needs a page that gets a feed from a WebCam.
Not what you are thinking - not hot chicks & a giraffe or anything like that!

a.) Client has an elderly Mother who is infirm
b.) Has had some bad experiences with hired live-in health care help
c.) Wants to install a video camera at her residence
d.) Wants a private page he and his brothers can go to to check in
from time to time that will show the webcam feed
e.) Most likely will be a PHP page on the site I will be building for him

I have not the first clue of how to implement such a thing, nor what is required at either end of this - any and all suggestions would be appreciated, as I don't have a clue where to even start!

thanks,

Phil J.

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 10:12 pm
by Stoker
Most webcams come with software to upload pictures, set it to upload on motion or every 5 minutes etc, that would require no server side code..


Setting up a live feed would take some more, I am not expert in that, but PHP won't do much for you as that is, just as html, a stateless thing..
Myself I would have looked at something on the cam-pc to upload its IP everytime it changes, run some streamserver on that pc, and then use a streamviewer on the clients pc (just using a website to find the ip)