---
name: "camserv-relay"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "camserv-relay"
version: "1:0.5.1-7"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/camserv-relay"
---

# camserv-relay(1)

program to start a camserv relay host

## NAME

camserv-relay - program to start a camserv relay host

## SYNOPSIS

**camserv-relay** \<port\> *\<camserv IP\>* \<camserv*port\>*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **camserv-relay** command.  This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**camserv-relay** is a program which relays a camserv video stream for load balancing purposes.  This connects as a client to a camserv streaming video server, and then  acts as a camserv server, streaming the same data to clients. Useful when the computer doing the streaming has insufficient CPU, I/O, or network bandwidth to stream to the required number of clients.  A tree of camserv relays can handle massive loads.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **\<port\>**

  The port which will serve the camserv relay on the localhost.

- **\<camserv IP\>**

  The IP address of the camserv server to connect to.

- **\<camserv port\>**

  The port at which the camserv server is running.  The camserv-relay will connect to this port at the IP address given by \<camserv IP\>.

## SEE ALSO

[**camserv**(1)](/camserv/1.md).\
 The programs are documented fully by the information provided in /usr/share/doc/camserv, and the information provided by the upstream author at http://cserv.sourceforge.net

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by David Grant \<dgrant@ieee.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).