How to create your website with live webcam

Good evening,

I have been in this field for a long time, and I will answer the question without going into details.

So here it is:

To create a live webcam site, the challenge is the codec and the bandwidth. If you want to publish a stream simply and stay in the "free" realm, you can easily do it using a webcam that integrates a web server, launching a Java or Flash applet to stream the image. Sending audio is also possible. As long as you have only a few visitors, the quality will remain acceptable, and the audio can also come through. But the bandwidth of your ADSL or cable provider will be taxed, and even if they tell you that your connection is 100 Mbps, keep in mind that in practice, this is far from the case.

The good way to do it, for example for creating a paid site:

We use a relay server equipped with a Flash Media Server, Red5, or Wowza. We publish the stream from the webcam on the server (so we use our ADSL or Cable bandwidth only once). And the visitors then connect to the server that is connected to a high bandwidth to retrieve the video stream.

There you go, it's quite simple, but...

The quality of the bandwidth significantly affects the quality of the image and sound. And all the hosting providers that offer "unlimited" bandwidth will refuse to host you properly if you have a "streaming" oriented site, or else the prices will have to be adjusted. At OVH or FREE, for example, you will quickly receive a warning inviting you to get in touch to choose a more suitable plan. Well yes, you need to understand that a provider like OVH, which has a total of 160 Gbps of bandwidth (yes, but distributed across peerings and between different providers => they play with the routes depending on the prices the operators charge them, and this impacts connection speeds depending on the origin or destination, this is a perfectly normal practice for this range of providers, so I’m not casting blame), cannot guarantee 100 or 200 Mbps per client; just a reminder, OVH hosts about 12,000 servers, so do the math.

And a successful site that offers free chat, for example, can easily consume an average of 1 Gbps, with "spikes" that can reach several Gbps depending on the hour...

Well, now, roughly speaking, I’m giving you the price of a mid-range Tier1 provider for 100 Mbps, you should count between 450 and 500 EUR + installation fees and the subscription for a rack in an independent housing center, around 1000 EUR/month for a 42U rack

There you go, you have an idea of the budget, not counting the programmers who will need to set up your webcam application ;)

It has to be very profitable, you can't mess up, but there are few real cam sites on the market. 99% are affiliates of these.

Hello,
Here's a script that allows you to embed a professional webcam chat on your site.
It's without registration,
ads-free and free of charge.
Just put this code on your page and you're all set!

<embed src='http://www.red5chat.com/red5chat.swf' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='100%' height='550' allowScriptAccess='always'></embed> 

It is interesting to see how the subject is a mix of nonsense written by ignoramuses and true information that needs to be further explored.

For such a topic, rather than causing a mess like this, we should:

1) Do some self-research to know what the real questions are.

2) At least have the basics of creating a website without a webcam, as this part is not the most complicated when using a third-party script or free app.

3) Write a specific question and not something vague like "I want that, how do I do it," in short, at least know what you are talking about... like I've done some research, I've tested it, what do you think, or where I am with this but I have questions that have come up.

Here is proof of the uselessness of bringing up a topic that has no precision in its question (and therefore little interest in its answers) as well as respecting the guideline that suggests starting by doing your own research.
The internet has existed for several decades and everyone should be able to use Google to conduct a search, to have a minimum vocabulary whether in French, English, or technical jargon to be able to identify and inform themselves about a subject through a few searches and readings.

Go dance the cha-cha-cha as you please, but be at least a little reflective in your minds, we are in the era of free information, but that doesn't mean information without effort or thought...

The subject is very interesting but not clear
some simple terms to understand

the idea of each person would be to set up a multi-camera site in the style of Frog or Samuro
where there are games

so in order, everyone has a PC, then if I understood correctly, a dedicated server is needed
after that it gets less clear, so with simple words and clear explanations, could someone explain how to do the same thing on a smaller scale?

Not very complicated and doesn't cost anything materially speaking, that is to say your PC and a webcam at minimum.

There are free script stats that will need to be adjusted with patience, but it works, I already did it a few years ago for a bar.
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Hi everyone!

I want to do the same as jokxico, I would like to create a free site with a live webcam
and know with which software I can do it.

Thank you for your answers..

Hello ijokxico, I want to do the same thing as you, but I can't find any answers on the internet.
I think it's not easy! All I know is that the equipment is expensive.
There is a solution I will try, which is to check with my host if it is possible and how, then you just have to choose your equipment according to your indoor or outdoor needs. I can't tell you more, if you have any info, I'm interested.
Chantal

You just need to go here: http://live.yahoo.com/

Then, once you've created everything: Click on embed and you'll have the HTML code, just insert it into your web page ;)

Hello

who can help me set up a paid webcam site, I don’t have enough technical skills for that.
I would do this from Africa

can you help me, if so under what conditions

I also need this information.

I would like to know how to create a site without the web.