CCTV video streaming

[marembo]

guys, i want to know all of the following:
-How do i read video data from cctv cameras
-What do i need to know to program a program that reads data from the cctv camera,
play the video stream live/save it to a particular format to disk
-How does one use formats like jpeg/mp4, etc

Any help will be greatly appreciated

[cnoeval]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37956/c-whats-the-easiest-library-to-open-video-file

I have some colleagues using OpenCV and they're very impressed with it. We're not using it for streaming video but I know that it can. I'm sure you can use other standards like DirectShow and FFMpeg too. A lot will depend on your camera and its drivers. Start Googling!...