Newb_Dxer said:What is ffserver ?
I am also using ubuntu as Windows had slowed down after my hard disk crashed.
Off Topic o you know how to revert back to Windows and Chrome browser as each time I switch on laptop it goes straight to Ubuntu browser and their is no option for windows.
ffserver is part of ffmpeg and "FFmpeg is a free software project that produces libraries and programs for handling multimedia data. Wikipedia", basically it can play any video format, encode them to various popular formats like mpg,mkv mpeg4, wmv and many more. So, ffserver allows you to stream your laptop webcam video over networked devices or even over internet. In this case I just start wifi tethering ( I don't need to have internet as it is local network) and start ffserver server to stream my webcam to my android phone. Then I need ip address and port of the stream to open it with mx player or any other video player. By doing this I don't have to carry my tv on the roof to set dish.
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