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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> [16-04-25 18:16]: |
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> On 25/04/2016 17:43, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > For watching different wildlife webcams of the internet for a longer |
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> > period of time I am looking for something, which I tend to call |
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> > "webcam viewer"...(Warning! Not-native-english-speaker ahead! ;) |
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> > Normally one opens up firefox (or any other browser), enter the |
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> > URL and get the interface of the webcam displayed...sometimer with |
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> > more than one port to watch. The resolution of these streams are |
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> > low most of the time...nonetheless I need a completey firefox and |
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> > its memory footprint is not that of a child. |
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> > Rendering a complex scene with blender in parallel let my PC with |
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> > 8GB start swapping from time to time. |
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> > I am looking for something, which displays one port/one stream of |
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> > such an URL in a window sized according to the physical resolution |
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> > of the stream, so I can pin it in one corne of my display without |
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> > interfering with the rest and without killing my RAM. |
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> > Or is this complete idea nonsense ? ;) |
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> > What is the recommended application for such a task? |
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> > Thank yo very much in advance for any help! |
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> > Best regards, |
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> > Meino |
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> vlc and mplayer can usually be persuaded to play almost anything using |
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> every imaginable URI out there. Very adaptable softwares :-) |
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> Plus the added benefit of not having all that browser resource and |
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> screenspace overhead |
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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnon |
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> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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Hi Alan, |
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I feared that...I had a somehow screwed up idea of something and |
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due to that it looks like highly complex too me....and the solution |
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are programs I use to use nearly every day! |
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Thanks for the slight slap onto the back of my head ;) :)) |
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Best regards, |
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Meino |