Video input into Mini for live st-reaming

I want to use a Mac Mini for strea-ming video. Note: I want to broadcast the str-eaming videos, not watch them!
I will hook up a camcorder to the Mini, and then stream the video to a str-eaming service.
My question: how can I connect the camcorder to the Mac mini? Is the HDMI connection only for output, or can it be used for input too?  I know the Firewire input will work, but few new camcorders come with Firewire. USB might work, anyone know?
The answer to this will help determine which camcorder I get. Also note that I want to do Live st-reaming, I don't want to just download recorded video.
Thanks for any help!
Dan
P.S. The hyphens in the word "Str-eaming" are because the site wouldn't let me post that word!!! Weird...

Thanks for responding.
A webcam will probably be the first thing I'll try, but I suspect that I will want higher resolution: I will be filming across a room so a camcorder's optical zoom would be useful.
How about USB? Will that work or is it too slow for stream ing?

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