Streaming webcam across the internet

Content of file ffserver.conf

Port 8090
# bind to all IPs aliased or not
BindAddress 0.0.0.0
# max number of simultaneous clients
MaxClients 1000
# max bandwidth per-client (kb/s)
MaxBandwidth 10000
# Suppress that if you want to launch ffserver as a daemon.
NoDaemon


File /tmp/feed1.ffm
FileMaxSize 5M


# FLV output - good for streaming

# the source feed
Feed feed1.ffm
# the output stream format - FLV = FLash Video
Format flv
VideoCodec flv
# this must match the ffmpeg -r argument
VideoFrameRate 15
# generally leave this is a large number
VideoBufferSize 80000
# another quality tweak
VideoBitRate 200
# quality ranges - 1-31 (1 = best, 31 = worst)
VideoQMin 1
VideoQMax 5
VideoSize 352x288
# this sets how many seconds in past to start
PreRoll 0
# wecams don't have audio
Noaudio


# ASF output - for windows media player

# the source feed
Feed feed1.ffm
# the output stream format - ASF
Format asf
VideoCodec msmpeg4
# this must match the ffmpeg -r argument
VideoFrameRate 15
# generally leave this is a large number
VideoBufferSize 80000
# another quality tweak
VideoBitRate 200
# quality ranges - 1-31 (1 = best, 31 = worst)
VideoQMin 1
VideoQMax 5
VideoSize 352x288
# this sets how many seconds in past to start
PreRoll 0
# wecams don't have audio
Noaudio




on local PC run

> ./ffserver -f /PATH/TO/ffserver.conf &

> ffmpeg -r 15 -s 352x288 -f video4linux -i /dev/video0 http://localhost:8090/feed1.ffm


On remote PC, point web browser at

http://IPADDRESSOFFFMPEGMACHINE:8090/test.asf

or

http://IPADDRESSOFFFMPEGMACHINE:8090/test.flv


depending on which format stream you wish to access.