what formats are best for streaming

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I have as cheap webcam (Micro webcam plus} It saves video to a file using
avi format, I havn't figured out how to save in a different format (if
possible).. I was wondering what the best format is for streaming video.
And how to access the stream via a web page. I have working html code for
seeing individual jpeg, but I'm wondering how to see srreaming video.

Can I stream the output of the camera directly to a web page?

I doing this as experimentation and learning how to set up webcam for my own
education.

Thanks