Well, turns out tweaking the mugshot module in drupal to capture video would be crazy since there is a video capture module that is already available.  The catch is that it works as long as Red5 is working well.  I have set it all up as directed in the README file, and the test app 'port_tester.swf fails(see picture).  Despite this from netstat:
netstat -ant | grep LISTENtcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:3306            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:139             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:25              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:445             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::41605                :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::1935                 :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::9999                 :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::80                   :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::8088                 :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::5080                 :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::53464                :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::8443                 :::*                    LISTEN     tcp6       0      0 :::33180                :::*                    LISTEN
 
Furthermore, the example demo 'admin' works just fine, and I see the streaming video when I go to 127.0.0.1:5080. This is driving me nuts!  FIrewall is not an issue because it is all local.  Drupal server = Red5 server.  On the drupal site, the camera feature seems to work when I go to create a video blog.  Now if only I can get it to communicate with red5....
 
btw, the error I get when trying to create a drupal video blog is "Connection failed"
Stay tuned.,,,