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[KC380]

Hello everyone.. this is my first post! yay!

Anyways, I am interested in streaming live audio/video (or as close to real time as possible) and was wondering if anybody has any recomendations on the hardware and software that would be used.

The project would require around 10 cameras total.. half of them stationary, the other half hand-held.

Cheers!

[farpost]

for windows, go with winmedia (we are using it over 2 years - pretty like it), or you could go with Emuilve (www.emulive.com), but it costs $$$

for linux try ffserver.

hardware depends on resolutions, framerate, codecs, etc... just use BT878 chip videograbber cards.

and one more suggest - you probably will spend lots (A LOT!) of time to get good quality of video (there are so many games with lighting, software/hardware settings, cams options, etc...). So suggest is: don't buy whole 10 cams, computers, servers, software at once. get one cam,production computer, server - setup it, be sure you could get the quality you need, then replicate this setup.