• Registered: 2008-04-23
  • Posts: 13

Topic: Looking for widget to display URL from webcam

I have a couple webcams setup that allow me to retrieve the current image via a URL.

I would like to display them on my Chumby8.  There is a widget called URLImage which claims to do this (and kind of does) but it has one problem:  The images that get displayed are often 8-12 hours old. 

Is there another widget that will display a JPG from a URL and will always retrieve the current image?  (Or at least only cache for less than an hour?)

Thanks,

--Jim--

  • Plank
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  • Registered: 2008-05-17
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Re: Looking for widget to display URL from webcam

This is the one I use the most:
http://www.chumby.com/guide/F3549C3C-A7 … EF4/widget

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  • Registered: 2009-03-19
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Re: Looking for widget to display URL from webcam

Plank wrote:

This is the one I use the most:
http://www.chumby.com/guide/F3549C3C-A7 … EF4/widget

Yep, I use that one, too. It's called "ImageURL" so not sure if it's the same one the OP's having problems with.
On chumby.com, you can set how often it reloads. I have it displaying a local traffic cam, reloading every 30 seconds and it always shows a current image.

  • Registered: 2008-04-23
  • Posts: 13

Re: Looking for widget to display URL from webcam

Thanks everyone.  I had read about ImageURL but couldn't find it when I searched for it for some reason.  Perhaps it's not in the same category as URLImage.  In any case, using your link I found it and it does indeed do what I wanted.  Thanks!