I am using MJPEG-Streamer to stream an MJPEG video file over http, similar to how this guy does it. MJPEG-Streamer basically creates a streaming server on the streaming device which hosts the MJPEG video being streamed. This stream can be accessed via http://<Server-IP-address>:8080/?action=stream. An example of this is http://sigsiu.homeip.net/?action=stream. Snapshots can be captured with http://<Server-IP-address>:8080/?action=snapshot
The thing I'm curious about is the format that the stream is received in: /?action=stream. Is this a normal protocol for how multimedia is streamed, or is this something MJPEG-Streamer specific?
Most importantly, would it be possible for me to extract JPEGs / the MJPEG when it is streaming via /?action=stream
I'm very new to streaming live videos over the internet, so I have no idea how to tell if MJPEG-Streamer is streaming in some very standard way, in which it would be easy to extract the JPEGs/MJPEG; or if its streaming in some esoteric way that's a little cryptic, where it's difficult to extract the JPEGs/MJPEG.
Thank you!
Some extra info: I plan on receiving/capturing the MJPEG stream on an Android device
