Record from IP camera to server

[pbirkoff]

Hi,

For a client of ours, we're looking for a solution to record a video from a IP camera. To explain it further, we made a webapplication (in ASP.NET) in which users can add video's and add comments to that video. Currently they just upload a video-file, and on the server it it being converted using ffmpeg. Now the client would like to use IP-cameras (mobotix cameras) to make the recording. So the users needs to open the webapplication, select a camera, and start a recording. On the server, the video stream should be recorded, until the users clicks a 'stop' button.

I've searched high and low for a decent solution, but untill now, didn't find any. Recently I ran into VLC, and it looks promissing, but I'm not really sure how to set it up. Should I install VLC on the server (Windows 2008 Server with IIS) and capture the stream from there? Does anyone have a working system like this?

Hope someone could help.