What ways to go..... webcam, streaming, compression etc.

[longben]

Hi,

I hope someone can, and will take the time, to help me. Keep in mind that I am not a real programmer and certainly unknown of near anything involved with webcam streaming.

In our company we have the need to make a program that broadcasts a video, taken by a good quality webcam to about 50 users.

What do we want:
1. 15 pics a second on the viewerside (or more)
2. 320*240 and if possible resizeable videosize

What we are looking for is sofware on the producersside that compresses the webcam pics in a good quality. We have basically a DSL line able to upload at 128, upgradeable at least to 192

We want on the viewerside a quality as good as possible

What bandwidth do we need (how do you calculate this exactly...) , can you point me to ways to have a very good compression, is there software on the market that do this, what to do on the clientside etc.

Whats the best approach to tackle this, for us completely new, problem?

Your help will be GREATLY appreciated.

Bernard Pieper
Antwerp, Belgium

[AcRoNym]

is it live or just pics?