Video Streaming Method and System

A method of communicating between a video capture device and a client device comprising,

• outputting video data at a first resolution from a video capture device;
• sending the video data to a storage device;
• storing the video data on the storage device;
• using a client device to request to view the video data from one of,
• the storage device, and
• the video capture device;
• responding to the client device from the storage device with the video data at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution,
• comprises a resolution less than the first resolution, and
• is established through communication between the client device and the storage device;
• sending a request communication from the client device to the storage device, wherein the request communication comprises dimensions of a desired viewable area of the video data;
• providing the desired viewable area to the client device from the storage device.

A video data streaming system comprising,

• at least one video capture device adapted to provide a video stream comprising video data;
• at least one storage device adapted to store the video stream comprising the video data;
• at least one video server communicatively coupled to the storage device;
• and
• at least one client device comprising a video player adapted to display the video data, wherein,
• the at least one client device is adapted to request to view one or more viewable areas of the video data, and
• the at least one video server is adapted to provide at least one of the one or more viewable areas of the video data to the at least one client device upon receiving the request.