Web Cam stup for my site????

[Joe Pineapples]

I have managed to get the web cam image of my lounge on to a remote html file that every body can see. This is using inexpensive software and java applets.
If I was to tuck that html file into a members only folder in my root directory - That could be a pay per view web cam area of my all ready up n running pay site. (URL is in my profile)

Shurly this is the way forward. It may not be the standard way of doing things, but if it works it works!!!
From the advice given here I don’t think I will get involved with any kind of web cam company, sounds like more hassle than its worth, especially as feel I could do the whole thing myself.
Briefly looked on a search engine at the 2257 regulations thingy – it looks like its just US at the moment, not sure on current UK law.
The other thing would be bandwidth...I bet I need tons and tons.

Thanks for the advice here

Ps. If i have missed any points, please let me know.

[LindaMight]

Oh yes...there is always the bandwidth issue as well. I think you are making a wise decision....it's just not worth it.

Good luck in your endeavors!

Linda

[juggernaut]

Originally Posted by Joe Pineapples

I have managed to get the web cam image of my lounge on to a remote html file that every body can see. This is using inexpensive software and java applets.
If I was to tuck that html file into a members only folder in my root directory - That could be a pay per view web cam area of my all ready up n running pay site. (URL is in my profile)

From what I get with this is that it would not be a true PPM system. Basicly the cam would be running everytime you turned on the software uploading the stream. Heres a little nightmare for you as I have been able to do this last year. But found out in about 1 hour not a good thing. Well I should not say not a good thing, just has issues. OK heres the pitch. Now from what I get from you this is a members site. So anyone can join as long as they meet legal stuff. So you have to run this as a per hour or day thing. In other words you will have to tell your members when you are online and going to be performing a show. If the show is 1 hour then after that the cam gets shut off an all is cool. Many camhosts do this and have started in the area os personnal websites like this. But they get to hard to manage or update. An the customers want updates. I'll be dammed if I'm going to plop out 20,30,40,50 a month for a personnal site that does not update weekly. At the least. So you will find yourself spending hours on end just making your own content. Ok Can be done. There is a weight lifter woman I saw on CNN, semi-famous and she was pulling in 12k a month doing her personnal site.
Now your PPM will not work with out a DB (data base) there has to be something to manage the user and the minutes they are in your video. Think about it. You will only be able to have 1 show at a time cause you will have to be the one turning the cam on and off. If you have two people in the video how in the world are you going to kick the person out whos time has run out? You cant tell the 2nd person to come back cause you need to shut off the cam to remove the other user. So it has to be a schedule thing. No big deal this also can be done. But lots of work. These are reasons people charge up to 25k for camsoftware. Cause it will manage all this for you and totaly manage the money end of it.
Heres what I see are the two best ways for someone to get in the cam business.
1) Only one host, IE yourself.
2) Take on any show with any medium. IE yahoo, msn, etc, hell you can make just a java page that you can send customers to who dont want to use messenger software an take the page on and offline as needed as its only for the cam image.
Now you will have to get your own processor and if you do then going solo is a great. thing. You are making up to 80% of the profit. Bandwidth is not an issue with a good broadband company. On average a cam stream in Java will push out about 100k, flash about 80k, MS media (my person fav cause of all the configs you can run on it and the quality is 2nd to none if you set it right) Can be pushed out anywhere from 50k to 700k. Now keep in mind everyone who connects to that stream just double the #'s Per second and you can get the idea of how many streams you can connect to it, Before is craps out.
Personnaly I tell you this. Sign up at the free yahoo cam girl sites. IE xxxcambabes.com or There are a few others but you will need a processor. Anyway turn on your yahoo and with in 2 minutes if you are HOT HOT HOT you will have someone begging you for a show. THey all want paypal or WU. Dont do the paypal as U will be banned and not get the money for 6 months in some cases. Just take the WU and run with the money. You will get the idea after one day of whats good and not good to do. If I had to do it all over again. I would have saved the 20k and just went solo. Maybe branch out after a few months to another contry and open a studio and just take the 25% after everything.