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Live video streaming

I want to create a video server that does live video streaming.  Kind of like setting up a video camera and streaming video to the web in real time.

Any suggestions for the server, the camera to do the live streaming and the web page.
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Hawking makes a pretty good resolution camera if you want to be able to access across the web in real time. It has about 25 frames per second average and can accomodate a 640x480 screen capture. It will not re-feed a 30 fps video stream if you are trying to watch a TV across the web, but it will capture and run good feeds. HNC210 is what we use, it also uses a java script to load, and it has a video port you can use for setup for web viewing remotely - and you can even set up an internal; port if you wnat to remotely connect using Remote Desktop Connection. It costs about $90 and ours has been reliably outputting viodeo for the last 9 months non-stop stream. You can also capture video frames and streams to a server or storage drive and it connects using an RJ45 port so it can connect directly to your router or any switch without need for a PC.
As for a server - anything like an XP box will do, doesn't have to be screaming fast unless you plan on hosting to multiple customers then you should look at a Win 2003 server. But ours is on an XP Pro box (allows RDP connections) and it has a seperate USB hard drive attached to it that serves the video storage, and it also has a second drive that holds video files for retreival (password protected). Total cost for camera - XP PC and (2) remote drives ($720 - US)
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Awesome.  I plan on using a windows server 2003 box.  I will check out the camera. So I am going to be streaming this real time video to my server which is also the web page.  Again I have not built the web page yet.  Suggestions on how to do the live feed?  I am hoping many, many people view at one time.  I need more specifics on setup of the server.  Thanks for your assistance.
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Hi,

I have posted a related question and in trouble finding a solution. can you guys have a look at it please ?
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/25149824/Live-Streaming-from-an-IP-Camera.html

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks for your attention.
~Raj