IP camera instead of webcam for Moderator / Instructor

[KiranKumar]

Hi,

As part of online discussion as instructor, i would like to present the ip camera to show case the live demonstration and ofcourse the blackboard and other real things happening in the class instead of using webcam.

Is it possible to configure the ipcamera to use for moderator instead of webcam? I have another dedicated IP address to the ipcamera.

Thanks and Regards,
KiranKumar

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Kiran,

BigBlueButton can access a webcam that is made available to on the host OS to applications.

For example, any webcam that registers itself as a DirectShow device is available for Windows Movie Maker, Skype, BigBlueButton, and etc.

If your webcam is only accessible via an IP address, then it's not visible to the operating system (and therefore not visible to apps running on the operating system).

Are you a developer?  You could look at the RSP protocol and try using a tool such as ffmpeg to connect to your IP camera and, in turn, use ffmpeg to stream the video to red5 (via rtmp).  There would be some learning involved as there is no out-of-the-box solution.

Another approach would be to see if your webcam provider has a software driver that would setup the remote IP webcam as another webcam for the host OS.

Regards,... Fred

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[Yossi A]

Hi
try installing manycam on instructor pc, and use the ip camera as a webcam video source,
 see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ0h3q_LPtM

Regards,. Jossef  

בתאריך יום חמישי, 4 בינואר 2018 בשעה 12:56:51 UTC+2, מאת KiranKumar:

[KiranKumar]

Perfect.. That was cool solution.Thanks Yossi.

Thanks Fred for your inputs as well. i will look into that path to develop once i streamline this into production rollout so that i can have complete integrated solution. Thanks again.