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View this web cam

Asked by Bob

Ubuntu 10.04 FF 3.6.3

Could someone help me view this web cam:

http://www.tappedintoelephants.com/asp/index.php

I thought it was areal player application but i installed the RealPlayer and Java and still can't view the live cam.

I am trying to move my wife to a Lynx distro but if she can't visit and view some of her favorite web cams it will be a deal breaker. <g>

Thanks in advance.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

It is basically a stream of this:

http://www.tappedintoelephants.com/rpm/elephanttest1.asx

This will help:
http://vntutor.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-play-asx-files-under-firefox.html

I assume you use firefox.

You can also play ASX in mplayer itself by copying the link above ;)

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Bob (bbrazie) said : 		#2

The first link only provided a blank screen with no video.

I tried install as per the instruction in the second link but the sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer returns a message that it can't find the packages.

I am using FireFox: Ubuntu 10.04 FF 3.6.3

Any other ideas?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/555529

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