Here is the topology:
I'm here.
I have three people working there... there being an office 10 miles away.
I want to set up webcams behind each of these people so I can see the back of their heads, at least half of their monitors, and listen in when I want to. I would set up a separate computer monitor next to my main one and have these three feeds visible there constantly during office hours.
I want these people to be able to communicate with me via audio when we both choose. I do not want them to see me on their screens, just hear me.
It seems that there are two primary questions:
Bandwidth: Keeping 3 Skype type of connections open 8 hrs a day is going to blow up my data caps. I don't need full motion video, I'd even be happy with a framegrab 1 per second or even as low as 1 per 5 seconds. However, audio has to be live, but it does not have to be continual audio. I want to turn it on and off as I wish, and likely the audio won't be on for more than an hour a day max.
Software: Have no clue. I'm just mentioning Skype and TeamViewer as that's what I currently use, but I'm open to using anything.
Any suggestions would be welcomed as I'm stumped.
I'm here.
I have three people working there... there being an office 10 miles away.
I want to set up webcams behind each of these people so I can see the back of their heads, at least half of their monitors, and listen in when I want to. I would set up a separate computer monitor next to my main one and have these three feeds visible there constantly during office hours.
I want these people to be able to communicate with me via audio when we both choose. I do not want them to see me on their screens, just hear me.
It seems that there are two primary questions:
Bandwidth: Keeping 3 Skype type of connections open 8 hrs a day is going to blow up my data caps. I don't need full motion video, I'd even be happy with a framegrab 1 per second or even as low as 1 per 5 seconds. However, audio has to be live, but it does not have to be continual audio. I want to turn it on and off as I wish, and likely the audio won't be on for more than an hour a day max.
Software: Have no clue. I'm just mentioning Skype and TeamViewer as that's what I currently use, but I'm open to using anything.
Any suggestions would be welcomed as I'm stumped.