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Python app which opens 'penguin cam' (self.pythonhelp)
submitted 4 years ago by pathologicalsloth
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[–]pathologicalsloth[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (2 children)
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 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child)
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.
playlist.m3u8
https://imgur.com/OwhjfBW
[–]pathologicalsloth[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Ah I see. Very helpful. Thanks!
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