Posted by CptDondo on 03/26/07 16:14

I have an airlink101 ipcam. It "streams" jpeg images to a web browser.

Basically, the camera sends a never-ending http page, and continually
retransmits a jpeg image.

This sort of works, but eventually the browser tries to save the file.
It's also impossible to embed in a page.

What I really want is to grab that stream at the web server level using
something like php, and create a stream similar to a webcam so that I
can show embedded live video on the page.

I have never done anything like this, though, and my google searches
have not revealed anything useful - mostly how-tos on creating
proprietary streams using desktop tools.

I need something that can automagically create a stream that a browser
can understand.

I've tried mplayer/mencoder and motion, but neither will produce a
stream....

The web server is running linux (debian etch), apache2, and php5.

I would appreciate any pointers or guidance.

Thanks,

--Yan

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