webcam broadcast script written in PHP?

wolfgangsta · 28th April 2004, 19:51

Hi there!

I know it is something special but i need a script written in PHP which is running on a webserver and connects to my local webcam on my PC. Then, it broadcasts the videostream to a lot of users. The main reason for that is i dont have enough upload (on my PC) to broadcast to more than 1 users at a time and the PHP webserver would be for free of course

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Is there something out there like that? (i know it's possible to code something like that!)

Is there any other option where i can broadcast my stream (nsv stream) to a lot of users at a time using winamp of course?

thx in advance

ryan · 28th April 2004, 20:07

Try looking for Webcam XP, it's not exactly what you want, but it should do.
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whiteflip · 29th April 2004, 00:23

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ryan · 29th April 2004, 00:58

After reading your post.

It wouldn't matter if you connected to the server, or if it connected to your PC. You're still uploading the video either way. So the stream would only be as fast as you could upload it.

whiteflip · 29th April 2004, 02:46

But if he uploaded one stream to a web server with more bandwidth that server could relay it to multiple people.

InvisableMan · 29th April 2004, 06:58

there are some real nice js ones out there for free, ive only heard of a couple php ones but they didnt work too well and reqired your webcam posted to ftp ANYWAYS..

wolfgangsta · 29th April 2004, 19:29

thx you, that's what i thought .... but arent there any cheap or free webcam services?

fwgx · 29th April 2004, 19:39

Sounds like a difficult problem for PHP to solve. You really after continous application to application communication here, which is difficult for PHP to do. It could be done using a web service or other custom application, perhaps using CORBA or .Net etc. But for continous RT video you can't really use PHP I don't think.

zootm · 29th April 2004, 20:45

not really do-able in PHP, unless you want to use PHP to generate the images, which is a bit pointless.

eleet-2k2 · 30th April 2004, 20:48

This isnt PHP but it's one way of setting up a moblog, which is probably what you want, right here.

wolfgangsta · 1st May 2004, 21:52

i have written some scripts in PHP, and i once used a irc bot written in PHP which was connected to the irc server 24/7. the only thing is, what the php application has to do, is copy the data which it is receiving from my computer and send it to the connected clients ... i just wanted to know if there is something out there ... if not, i'll try to code it myself ... then every php server with max_execution_time = 0 (the execution of a php script is infinite!) is gonna be a broadcast server

28th April 2004, 19:51	#1
wolfgangsta Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	webcam broadcast script written in PHP? Hi there! I know it is something special but i need a script written in PHP which is running on a webserver and connects to my local webcam on my PC. Then, it broadcasts the videostream to a lot of users. The main reason for that is i dont have enough upload (on my PC) to broadcast to more than 1 users at a time and the PHP webserver would be for free of course . Is there something out there like that? (i know it's possible to code something like that!) Is there any other option where i can broadcast my stream (nsv stream) to a lot of users at a time using winamp of course? thx in advance

29th April 2004, 00:23	#3
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29th April 2004, 02:46	#5
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29th April 2004, 19:39	#8
fwgx Rudolf the Red. (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 9,314	Sounds like a difficult problem for PHP to solve. You really after continous application to application communication here, which is difficult for PHP to do. It could be done using a web service or other custom application, perhaps using CORBA or .Net etc. But for continous RT video you can't really use PHP I don't think. "We think science is interesting and if you disagree, you can fuck off."

30th April 2004, 20:48	#10
eleet-2k2 Forum King Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Mobil Ave. Posts: 5,381	This isnt PHP but it's one way of setting up a moblog, which is probably what you want, right here. "Welcome to the Island of people who know too much."..."Did you really think balloons would stop him?!" See what I'm listening too.

28th April 2004, 20:07	#2
ryan not fucked, not quite. (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Missouri via Tennessee Posts: 8,813	Try looking for Webcam XP, it's not exactly what you want, but it should do. here

29th April 2004, 00:58	#4
ryan not fucked, not quite. (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Missouri via Tennessee Posts: 8,813	After reading your post. It wouldn't matter if you connected to the server, or if it connected to your PC. You're still uploading the video either way. So the stream would only be as fast as you could upload it.

29th April 2004, 06:58	#6
InvisableMan Ninja Master! (Forum King) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Hotel California Posts: 4,333	there are some real nice js ones out there for free, ive only heard of a couple php ones but they didnt work too well and reqired your webcam posted to ftp ANYWAYS..

29th April 2004, 19:29	#7
wolfgangsta Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	thx you, that's what i thought .... but arent there any cheap or free webcam services?

29th April 2004, 20:45	#9
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	not really do-able in PHP, unless you want to use PHP to generate the images, which is a bit pointless.

1st May 2004, 21:52	#11
wolfgangsta Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	mhm i have written some scripts in PHP, and i once used a irc bot written in PHP which was connected to the irc server 24/7. the only thing is, what the php application has to do, is copy the data which it is receiving from my computer and send it to the connected clients ... i just wanted to know if there is something out there ... if not, i'll try to code it myself ... then every php server with max_execution_time = 0 (the execution of a php script is infinite!) is gonna be a broadcast server

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