Real time video over internet... help!

[slipper]

An idea just popped up to mind. I live here in Hawaii and i was planning to make a website on surfing and things related. An acquaintance of mine has a beachfront home. I was curious how would it be possible to have real time live video of the beach where people could see when they view the website. Preferably i would like it to be as un-intrusive as possible. Any ideas?

 

[spinnerlys]

http://www.ustream.tv/ allows to have a live stream, if that is what you want.

 

[slipper]

I did see that when i did some research on google. Their website is really unclear and explains nothing. Can i embed the player onto my site?

I would prefer to use an outdoor network video camera so i do not need a computer. Like i said i would prefer to be as un-intrusive to my friends family as possible.

 

[star-fish]

I'm not sure how private this beach is, but you should probably ask someone's permission (local authorities?) if there's a chance you'll film people without their consent.

Quite frankly it's a nice idea but expensive and difficult to maintain. You might be better off crashing there for a few days and doing the filming yourself, then just uploading as video.