windows - Live Video on website, conferencing

A friend of mine, an author, wants to do on-line book readings. We have a very simple setup and would like to stream live Video through her web site.

Her client PC runs on Windows XP, has a standard Webcam and is connected to the Internet through a DSL Line.

Her web site runs on shared hosting, PHP available, no video streaming server available but plenty of space (8GB)

Does anybody have ideas how to:

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  Transmit video live from her computer/webcam input onto a video embed on her web site (Proprietary plugins are an option)

  
  


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  Share a video conference conducted through any free or reasonable priced video messaging solution onto a video embed on her web site?

  
  

While a free/open source solution would be preferred, a modestly priced commercial solution would also be an option.

Your input is much appreciated.

Answer

USTREAM seems to be a good fit for this. It allows you to transmit live from your webcam, and they even provide you with embed codes for your website:

Stickam also has the ability to do live broadcasts, they also provide embed codes for your website.