LJ webcam - techno question - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

robmandel · 04-02-2010, 11:26 AM

maybe this helps:

the webcam page source includes a file called lajollawebcam.js

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/webcam/lajollawebcam.js
the javascript auto creates the IMG tag and cycles a new image.

the IMG tag code is in there. the only hangup might be the
"theDate.getTime().toString() which will be part of the document.write code.

however, I'd guess ?? that if you worked up the code from that (see code)

baseURL+=File+= etc. you'd be able to grab the image in a browser with javascript. now, can you use it in another application? well, once you can grab them from the internet, pretty much it's a scripting issue.

in fact, any app that can grab internet images could, the only hiccup will be the getTime() issue and filenames.

hope that helps.

teto116 · 04-02-2010, 12:38 PM

microsoft has a program called note one , it comes in the office home and student 2007 version. On that program, you just press the lil windows icon on your keyboard along with s, and ANYTHING on your screen freezes you just have to crop and paste. the only downside its like 100.bucks +-

Iceman · 04-02-2010, 06:04 PM

Way t' go Rob!

Nic D · 04-02-2010, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceman

Way t' go Rob!

translation = nerd

old_rookie · 04-03-2010, 01:25 PM

without the nerds we wouldn't have cheap computers to access this forum - or the LJ webcam, we wouldn't have the low priced, small fish-finders for the kayaks....

Useful Idiot · 04-03-2010, 04:43 PM

Press "print screen" on your keyboard

Open image editing program

Edit>Paste as New Image

Crop to your liking.

old_rookie · 04-03-2010, 05:21 PM

Trying to get a url so that I can feed it to an automated program that will grab an image once every 5 minutes.

04-02-2010, 06:04 PM	#3
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,948	Way t' go Rob! __________________

04-03-2010, 04:43 PM	#6
Useful Idiot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 286	Press "print screen" on your keyboard Open image editing program Edit>Paste as New Image Crop to your liking. __________________

04-02-2010, 11:26 AM	#1
robmandel Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 186	maybe this helps: the webcam page source includes a file called lajollawebcam.js http://www.bigwatersedge.com/webcam/lajollawebcam.js the javascript auto creates the IMG tag and cycles a new image. the IMG tag code is in there. the only hangup might be the "theDate.getTime().toString() which will be part of the document.write code. however, I'd guess ?? that if you worked up the code from that (see code) baseURL+=File+= etc. you'd be able to grab the image in a browser with javascript. now, can you use it in another application? well, once you can grab them from the internet, pretty much it's a scripting issue. in fact, any app that can grab internet images could, the only hiccup will be the getTime() issue and filenames. hope that helps.

04-02-2010, 12:38 PM	#2
teto116 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: compton hills Posts: 38	microsoft has a program called note one , it comes in the office home and student 2007 version. On that program, you just press the lil windows icon on your keyboard along with s, and ANYTHING on your screen freezes you just have to crop and paste. the only downside its like 100.bucks +-

04-03-2010, 01:25 PM	#5
old_rookie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Santee Posts: 904	without the nerds we wouldn't have cheap computers to access this forum - or the LJ webcam, we wouldn't have the low priced, small fish-finders for the kayaks....

04-03-2010, 05:21 PM	#7
old_rookie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Santee Posts: 904	Trying to get a url so that I can feed it to an automated program that will grab an image once every 5 minutes.