Multiple camera video system which displays selected images

A method of streaming selected data from a plurality of cameras to a client machine comprising the steps of:

• streaming to said client machine a focus stream containing the images from a particular one of said cameras and a second video stream, each image in which contains a thumbnail of the images from each of said cameras, each video stream capturing a same scene from a different point of view, said client machine displaying said focus stream along with said second video stream and a panorama comprising video streams from at least two of said cameras seamed together,
• selecting at said client machine one of said thumbnails and
• responding when a thumbnail from a particular camera is selected by making said focus stream the images from said selected camera.

A method for transmitting a plurality of video streams, the method comprising:

• transmitting to a client a focus stream selected from the plurality of video streams, each video stream capturing a same scene from a different point of view;
• and
• transmitting to the client a second stream comprising a thumbnail of at least one of the other video streams, wherein the focus stream has a higher resolution than the thumbnail, and the client displays the focus stream along with the thumbnail and a panorama comprising at least two of the plurality of video streams seamed together.