By jxs2151 on

Anyone putting webcam images or even streaming video on drupal pages? I would like to toy with this for my family website but know little about webcam hardware/software.

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amagab’s picture

amagab commented

I want to add a webcam to a block on my drupal site as well.

I am going to use a TraffiCam from my town that already exists on the City's website. Does anyone have a clue or actual code for a drupal block so that I can stream that cam or still images on my site?

Help is very much appreciated.

Thanks!

laura s’s picture

laura s commented

You can paste in xhtml, php and/or javascript into a block or node. Just be sure to select the right input format -- the filtered html option will most likely strip out some key code info.

As for something more integrated, there are a couple of modules moving in the direction of managing streaming etc.

Acidfree module - http://drupal.org/node/28069

Video module - http://drupal.org/node/25274

There may be others. However, if you just need to embed a video stream, the pasting in of the code that calls up your specific webcam (which you'd probably get from your webcam software) should do the trick.

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thegenericgeek commented

I embedded the images in an iframe that refreshes itself ever 15 seconds, the streaming audio is set up in a block that only displays on this particular node. Only thing that is that the shoutbox makes the entire page reload... I think if I change the shoutbox from inline to iframe that will go away, but have not tried it yet.

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