I am looking for a solution to stream video from a local source to a website.
In particular, I want my users to be able to stream their webcam on a website.
I know there are already some solutions for that, like Flash Media Server, but whichever solution is chosen, I would need a complete, flexible and reusable solution, which I can integrate on my websites. I also need a full technical specification for the solution, after it is implemented.
Key point is the ease of use for the users who want to broadcast their webcam.
## Deliverables
The scenario is really simple.
The user at home wants to broadcast his webcam on my website.
I have to enable this for any number of users, registered on my website (which doesn't yet exist, so work will be done on a dummy website).
Users who access the website should be able to see the streamed video. The website should be highly accessible with the minimum of technical knowledge on the user side. I don't have a required solution, so I am open to proposals.
I also need consulting for finding the best (or at least a very good) setup to run this: minimum hardware requirements for users, optimum hosting solution, required resources/load (number of users, required bandwidth on both user and server side etc.). This is so that I don't get a solution which I can't really plan into my project. Based on this info, I can scale the costs and priorities of the rest of the project.