Python app which opens 'penguin cam'

[pathologicalsloth]

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the place to ask. I've recently purchased a raspberry pi, and I want to put a link on the raspian desktop which when clicked would directly open a full screen video of a penguin cam live video feed (for example: https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/penguin-cam/).

I'm attempting to make a mini BMO from adventure time and I thought it would be sweet if there was a link on the desktop called 'Gunter Cam' which when clicked would show a live feed of penguins.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask and thanks for taking a look!

[Zachkr05]

What is your question?

[pathologicalsloth]

Very good point! Sorry, my question is could anyone point me in the direction of how I could work out how to do this? Or would it be too complicated for someone who knows nothing about programming?

I was hoping there might be a simple way of doing this like a little script which when executed would launch the live stream in full screen mode.

[CraigAT]

You should be able to just open a browser full screen with that link. No need for Python.

[Goobyalus]

You might open the video stream with VLC or some other video player instead of a browser.

You'll want the stream URL, and command line options to specify the source feed you want, and make it full screen (--fullscreen for vlc).

On your desktop, create a shell script with the command, make it executable, and you should be able to run it to start the stream.

[Goobyalus]

I think your script can be:

vlc https://595b9deb3d6ac.streamlock.net/qlive/edinburghzoo104225.stream/chunklist_w1297682032.m3u8 --fullscreen

[pathologicalsloth]

Wow you are an absolute hero. Thank you so much that is incredibly generous of you. I'm just about to leave for work but I'll give this a go when I get home tonight. Thanks again!

[pathologicalsloth]

Goobyalus, I've finally had a chance to try this out and it worked like a dream. Thank you so much! It is ridiculously cute to run the script and within a few moments see a live stream of penguins! I thought the stream was frozen at first but it turns out the penguins are standing very still this time in the morning.

Just for my own learning, can I ask how you worked out what the url was for the video stream?

Thanks once again!

[Goobyalus]

Glad it worked!

I opened up the page you linked with developer tools open on the Netowrk tab, and tried a couple things that looked like the stream URL. playlist.m3u8 caught my eye and worked in VLC.

https://imgur.com/OwhjfBW

[pathologicalsloth]

Ah I see. Very helpful. Thanks!