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