• Registered: 2007-12-19
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Topic: Flash..ohhhhhh

Just venting here.. Flash is a bear. Trying to learn another language and platform is a real hassle, and all I want is a web cam. The cost of investment is a bit high for this.

Can't there be a platform built to simply grab stuff from web pages--ala Mac Leopard's Safari widget grabber? It sure would increase the value of this chumby, from just watching a clock and a roaring fire.... (okay I tried the rolling ball and it pretty cool).

  • From: Walpole, MA USA
  • Registered: 2006-08-28
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Re: Flash..ohhhhhh

There is a sample webcam widget you can reuse and retool here:

http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index. … cam_Widget

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  • Tommy
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Re: Flash..ohhhhhh

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  • Registered: 2007-11-16
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Re: Flash..ohhhhhh

Hiya.

FlashDevelop is free:

http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index.php/FlashDevelop

There's a webcam example there as well.

  • From: Los Alamos, NM, USA
  • Registered: 2007-12-06
  • Posts: 25

Re: Flash..ohhhhhh

FlashDevelop is also Windows-only.

I've written a Wiki page documenting a simple way to build a webcam widget without having to learn Flash or use Windows: http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index. … Using_Ming

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  • Registered: 2007-11-16
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Re: Flash..ohhhhhh

Hey, Ed.  That is great stuff! 

Thanks for putting that together.  I am going to update the FlashDevelop wiki page to make mention of the Ming optioin.

Cheers!

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Re: Flash..ohhhhhh

kayakpete wrote:

Hiya.

FlashDevelop is free:

http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index.php/FlashDevelop

There's a webcam example there as well.

Works great for webcams requiring static URL's, but how do you handle one that uses a time dependent url and therefore uses html to compensate for this?
Example: http://web.politiken.dk/webcam/webcam1.asp

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  • Registered: 2006-08-24
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Re: Flash..ohhhhhh

What you'd do in that case is load the URL you posted, write some code to pull out the actual URL for the feed, then stream that.  It adds about 10 lines to the posted code.

That particular webcam only updates every 20 seconds, and the Javascript in the page that gets loaded will only refresh in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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  • nilsa
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Re: Flash..ohhhhhh

Duane wrote:

What you'd do in that case is load the URL you posted, write some code to pull out the actual URL for the feed, then stream that.
It adds about 10 lines to the posted code.

Easy for you to say ;-)
Any hints?