Thanks sir, that applied to getting a still image.... I did a web search and found various people with various solutions for various IP cameras such as:
http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=140867 for a Airlink101 AIC250W
http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Embedding-IP-Camera-Web-Page-s/326.htm with a Vivotek IP-V96112
http://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?39-How-to-re-stream-video-from-an-IP-camera-%28RTSP-RTP-re-streaming%29 for streaming with Wowza
I also found a solution like this:
http://www.red5-recorder.com/
or this:
http://www.click2stream.com/
or this:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash-media-encoder.html?PID=5412144
I also found this answer:
The next option is HTML5; the new
Although I have found a lot of answers, I am too much of a noob to know which answers would work with which IP camera products? In other words, I am not familiar enough with the lingo to know which IP cameras put out what kind of output that in turn works with these programs, if that makes sense.
It seems like the Dahua 1.3 and 2mp cameras fit my price range, I just don't understand the camera specs and capabilities to determine what if any or all of these solutions would allow the content to be put on my web page.
I hope I am not overly simplifying or confusing the issue...
Thanks!