From: Colin L. <cl...@go...> - 2011-01-25 09:18:30
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On 24 January 2011 21:31, GSO <gs...@ya...> wrote: >> >> vlc is not *listening* on localhost it is streaming *to* it. Another >> machine (running motion) can then set the webcam url to >> http://<address of the first machine>:8085/stream1.mpjpeg >> > > I know, it took me a while to work around to that one as well, but > citing the webpage linked to in the previous post: > > "If the http, https or mmsh output method is chosen, dst is the > address, port and path of the local network interface on which the > server should listen for requests. If no address is given, VLC will > listen on all the network interfaces. These information have to be > supplied using the address:port/path syntax." That looks like an error in that document. The writer is confused about whether he is writing about the input to VLC or the output from it. > > So I started thinking in terms of vlc 'listening' after reading that. > > While I'm posting, and on the subject of GUIs for motion, I know of > two, namely kmotion and ZoneAlarm (if this uses motion, I'm not 100% > sure here). They are though both browser based GUIs, require a web > server (usually apache), and also a MySQL server to be running. > > Colin do you know of any Gtk of Qt etc. GUIs for motion. I'm hacking > a Python/Gtk front end right now, but thought it'd be a could idea > just to check there isn't already something out there. No, sorry. What do you want out of a GUI? It might be worth starting a new thread asking the question and explaining why you want one. Colin |