Re: [gentoo-user] Webcamviewer (or such) ?

[Meino.Cramer@gmx.de]

Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> [16-04-25 18:16]:
> On 25/04/2016 17:43, Meino.Cramer@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.mckinnon@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