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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:16 AM

Has anyone experiences in streaming video using ebuilds provided by
gentoo? I started some research today and ended in the possibility to
stream videos over the net using vlc (on both sides). But now i want to
be able to use any browser (without xswallow and even on the wrong OS)
to read the Stream, which seems not possible using vlc!? Any comments here?
The stream is/should be generated by a webcam.

Thx,
Jan

PS: I experienced a delay of about 2 sec using vlc, is this common?

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:16 AM

Jan Schubert wrote:
> Has anyone experiences in streaming video using ebuilds provided by
> gentoo? I started some research today and ended in the possibility to
> stream videos over the net using vlc (on both sides). But now i want to
> be able to use any browser (without xswallow and even on the wrong OS)
> to read the Stream, which seems not possible using vlc!? Any comments here?
> The stream is/should be generated by a webcam.
>
> Thx,
> Jan
>
> PS: I experienced a delay of about 2 sec using vlc, is this common?

I've used camserv on Debian, but,
although it is available for Gentoo,
I have not gotten around to installing
it and using it. It worked fine for
streaming NTSC input video to another
Debian system.

emerge search camserv
Searching...
[ Results for search key : camserv ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]

* media-video/camserv

James

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:16 AM

James wrote:
> I've used camserv on Debian, but, although it is available for Gentoo,
> I have not gotten around to installing it and using it. It worked fine
> for streaming NTSC input video to another Debian system.
James, i've also tested camstream but was not able to stream the video
through the net! Could you give me a hint what i've missed? What did you
use on the client side?

Thx,
Jan

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:16 AM

Jan Schubert wrote:
> James wrote:
>
>> I've used camserv on Debian, but, although it is available for Gentoo,
>> I have not gotten around to installing it and using it. It worked fine
>> for streaming NTSC input video to another Debian system.
>
> James, i've also tested camstream but was not able to stream the video
> through the net! Could you give me a hint what i've missed? What did you
> use on the client side?
>
> Thx,
> Jan

camserv is not the same as camstream,
they are 2 different packages.

http://cserv.sourceforge.net/

However, I got camserv working on
a Debian testing sytem. I was quite
some time ago, and unfortunately, I
have used that harddrive for something
else.

I mentioned camserv only as an
alternative to camstream. Sorry, I
cannot help your more, but, as soon as
I get my Gentoo system up, I'll be trying
to get video (mpeg4) streaming between
system working. So, We'll be working on
the same problems. My experience with
video over ethernet, between systems, is
it involves quite a bit of hacking,
regardless of the package you choose.
Nothing works seemlessly.

James

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