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My friend wants me to design him a site where users will be able to view through his webcam which will be on 24/7. I have no idea how to do that.

Does anyone have any idea how to do this?
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the webcam should store a file every so often onto either his HD or via FTP to a site.. that's all you need to hook into (the file)
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ok but that would only display a picture every so often. What about if I wanted the users to see it live?
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In that case you'll need streaming server. You could do something like this very easy with Flash. There are few hosts who provide Flash Com Server hosting. (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=n ... er+hosting).

you could also check userplane.com to see what they have available.
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