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I was hoping you were going to start crying and screaming, "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" at some point.

@Bojan: Well, if you're constantly reading the stream of 20 cameras simultaneously, there's a chance it could be putting undue load on the server.  It has never been tested in that kind of environment.  I wouldn't think you'd crush the server, but if each stream is taking 2-3% of CPU to read/decode, make it times 20 and you're taking a decent toll on the server.

@Bojan: what kind of load are you seeing and what version of the decoder are you using? (wpf, xna, etc.)  In my testing here, my test apps are cranking away at a 640x480 stream at 30fps and I'm only seeing 5-6% CPU at most, typically less.

@nils: Definitely an option worth exploring. Anybody want to give it a try? I'm swamped for the the next few weeks on some other projects. . I'd be happy to add it in if anyone manages to make it work...

@LukePuplett: You can only run this OOB becuase of the crossdomain.xml policy goodness in Silverlight.  The cameras don't have this file on their internal webserver, so browser-based Silverlight won't work at all.  That said, even OOB apps can't modify the User-Agent header either via the Headers collection or the UserAgent property.

@_ivan: I have tested with the Cisco WVC210, TRENDnet IP110W, and a very old no-name brand camera.  Practically any IP/network camera (i.e. not a USB webcam) should output MJPEG and work with this.  I don't think I've seen an IP cam without some kind of MJPEG support, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

@stuat: I started to write a MediaStreamSource implementation but didn't bother to finish.  You should be able to shove this into a MediaStreamSource without too much issue, though.

@LukePuplett:For your scenario, I'd recommend any of the cameras manufactured by Pervsys. 

I know he can get the job, but can he do the job?

It's not based solely on taste.  For a while, it thought I loved Univision and Spanish television.  Though, El Sabado Gigante is pretty great.