[Linux] req: XBMC Live - install webcam for remote viewing?

Hi,

I have xbmc live installed on a REVO 1600 in my LV Room. I would like to hook a webcam up to this so I can view my living room remotely. This would be also be cool when they setup video conferencing from within XBMC. I have family and would like to video chat with them during the holidays from this PC.

For now, installing a webcam so I can view my lv room remotely will suffice. Can I do this?

It depends how the webcam works.

Many standalone webcams supply streaming video, and in this case you just need to create a .strm file with the address of the webcam.

JR

He's going the other way, if I read it correctly. He doesn't want to view a remote location on his XBMC. He wants to plug a USB camera into his Live and creep on people watching TV.

Install VLC and look at how to stream. It should be pretty easy. I got something basic working in a few minutes of testing.

darkscout is correct.

Ha, not so much creep as much as keeping an eye on my teenage son and his friends hanging out at my house all day while I'm at work! haha.

All joking aside, I would like to use it to stream video to friends and family that live out of state. It's a logitech webcam. I just didn't know how to set it up on an XBMC live terminal.

I quick search gave me this. I have not actually done this, but it seems reasonable. The only other thing is that you will need to set up port forwarding on your router to the computer with the webcam. You could probably get more help by asking http://unix.stackexchange.com/ or http://askubuntu.com/.