Live webcam on ASP.NET website

Question

I need a way to host real-time video in an ASP.NET web application.

Mostly I want to get answers from people who have done this before. What is the easiest and most economical way to create a simple webcam? Technically, this should not be streaming video (although this is a preference).

I could settle for an image that updates every few seconds.

Answer 1

• You can use Axis webcam with integrated web server. It probably would have cost a little more than a cheap PC webcam, but directly supported streaming video. Unfortunately, this will not scale well, since the embedded web server can handle multiple simultaneous connections.