The Ring Live Cam Thread

[Ian_182]

PMSL at the live feed pics that people keep posting

Exactly, then I wonderd why when I was looking I wasn't seeing what they were talking about.

Yeh,that had me going for a while

 

[dBASE]

I've managed to make the webcam my desktop, by selecting Destop Properties > Customise Desktop > Web (windows XP) and pasting the link into the box. Can't make it update automatically though, have to click on syncronise every time you want to see it update.

To auto Refresh you just need to create a local HTML page with an auto refresh Tag at the Top of the page to force a refresh every 60 seconds.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60" >
<img
src ="http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg"
>

Save the above Code to HTML file and store it somewhere on the computer. Then add the path to that file to the active desktop not the webcam path you've used before.

To save as HTML open Notepad paste code into it hit SaveAS, change the Save as Type to "All Files (*.*)" and type the File name as xxxxx.html

That should work but i can't test it as i've only got a Vista Boxes in my current location.

 

[dBASE]

Tested it on a XP laptop at home heres a revised version

Fill screen Height

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60" >
<div align="center">
<img
src ="http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg" height="100%"
>

Swap out the word height for width if required

 

[jon_r]

The white CSL at the start of this thread belongs to the silk shirt wearing leg-end Steve Gill. Mint car.

 

[LaurenF]

Anyone know how to set it as the desktop pic on Vista??

 

[fUbAr]

I've managed to make the webcam my desktop, by selecting Destop Properties > Customise Desktop > Web (windows XP) and pasting the link into the box. Can't make it update automatically though, have to click on syncronise every time you want to see it update.

To auto Refresh you just need to create a local HTML page with an auto refresh Tag at the Top of the page to force a refresh every 60 seconds.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60" >
<img
src ="http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg"
>

Save the above Code to HTML file and store it somewhere on the computer. Then add the path to that file to the active desktop not the webcam path you've used before.

To save as HTML open Notepad paste code into it hit SaveAS, change the Save as Type to "All Files (*.*)" and type the File name as xxxxx.html

That should work but i can't test it as i've only got a Vista Boxes in my current location.

haha, already figured that one out since the last time I posted... thanks anyway. Your code is much neater than mine!

 

[dBASE]

Yeah i'm what you might call a lazy coder, strictly speaking it's incorrectly formed HTML but modern browsers fill in the parts i miss out so i kept it lean.

Anyone know how to set it as the desktop pic on Vista??

Active Desktop has been removed in Vista, i've been looking at creating a Sidebar App to do the same job but it's going to take me a while to get my head around it. watch this space.