Streaming from your webcam to your website with Camsecurer products and software

Once you have forwarded the port(s) you are intending to use for your streaming camera and programmed your firewall
and anti-virus software to allow access to these ports you are ready to stream from your webcam. This site provides
detailed help for many different types of router. Check out http://www.portforward.com

You can stream to an embedded windows media player on your website directly using Window Media Encoder available
free from Microsoft or you can use one of many webcam programs which will stream to an embedded media player using
their own built in media encoder. These programs usually make it much simpler to set up your stream than using media
player and also produce sample web pages for you to customise. Streaming to media player on your site gives smooth
video but this is accomplished by buffereing the video into the player so there is a delay between live video and whats
seen which can sometimes be up to a minute.

Other methods include image pull, Java Applet, Java Script and Active X methods and for webservers there are plugins
which can pull images from the webserver or webcam program and display them in a contnual stream on your site. Have a
look at the examples on the left.

The method you use will depend on the performance you require and other things like the operating system and browser
that will be used to display the stream e.g. Java works with Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, Active X does not work
correctly with Firefox and Media Encoder works with both browsers providing you use an embeded player that is
compatible with both browsers. Camsecure provide Sample Code for registered users to use in their own pages.

Once your equipment is visible on the network you simply set up your equipment and insert the appropriate code on to
your web page and then when the page is accessed, the stream is visible. If the code used also needs a player plugin this
download can be made available from the webpage.

The new Camsecure ViewStream Streaming software package (available mid 2008) offers both java and media
player methods for streaming and comes with comprehensive instructions on how to stream video to your site. Active
Webcam can use all these methods to stream to your site but requires the page that is to be displayed to be loaded on to
the machine with the camera connected to it. Users will access the page directly from your PC acting as a webserver.
Coffee Cup Webcam uses its own version of Media encoder.

All these programs offer assistance in building your webpage so you can customise it to your own liking. Registered
Customers who purchase products or software from us can download sample code to use in their websites along with
instructions on using the code and how to embed it in their own websites.

The three steps to streaming to your site are:

1) configure your router, firewall, anti-virus to allow access to your port and webcam program. Also set up a free Dynamic
IP Redirect service if necessary.

2) Set up your webcam application so its ready to stream to your site.

3) Insert the code on to your website where you want the video to appear.

Beware though..........watching your own webcams.........even when you are in another country...becomes addictive!