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I am looking for a solution where multiple remote webcams stream video data over the internet in to a server which then rebroadcasts it via multicast to end users.

Is VLC a good solution for this? Can anyone suggest any good webcams for this purpose?

Does someone have step by step instructions how to get a live stream going over the web.
eastcoast@shaw.ca

here's my two cents to this:

stream out each of your webcams to particular ports in the server using unicast in vlc.

for each port in the server, you put vlc to listen and stream out the data using http.

then the clients (i.e. media player, browser) open the URL. then you're done.

I'm looking to use IP based webcams actually so I may need to pull rather than push the data.

Does VLC support mjpeg?