On 18/02/11 11:24, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > On 02/18/2011 03:42 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> I have some cameras watching the pasture and I usually view the >> image via VLC although other app's do work. How can I save a >> video clip? I see no provision for saving in the VLC or smplayer >> menus. >> >> Am I missing something or is there a reason why this can't be >> accomplished easily? >> >> Bob >> >> -- >> > Just using wget on the mjpeg URL for the Axis IP-Cameras I have access to here > works fine (you get some junk until the next frame boundary but e.g. mplayer/vlc > have no problem playing the resulting file and a bit of xxd/dd fiddling or a > clever script would be able to fix this easily). > > E.g.: > > > $ wget http://webcam3.mydomain.com/mjpg/video.mjpg > > (I got the URL by right-clicking the video element in the HTML page the camera > serves to a browser). > > Regards, > Bryn. > Why didn't I think of trying that? Yes it worked perfectly. wget http://user:1000@cam2/mjpg/video.mjpg That saved a video clip to: video.mjpg Which displays with SMPlayer like the picture I see on VLC. I've poked at that several times and never found the answer. Now I can save a picture of my mares running next time they decide to do so. Thanks much. Bob -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
