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General Software Discussion / Streaming video as screensaver...
« on: October 13, 2008, 02:35 PM »
Hello,
I wanted to please my kid and show the streaming video of the panda cub from the Atlanta Zoo, found here:
http://afczoo-pandacam.wm.llnwd.net/afczoo_pandacam?e=1223956800&h=1f6474fdff0640d7b732de6049586894
as a screensaver... However, much to my surprise, there is no working software that could do that?
I've found one program, Active Player Screensaver, but it refuses to play that video link (complaining about a decompressor). What's funny, it does not play even the sample feed it has configured...
Microsoft has a plugin for Windows Media Player, but this one only plays files, not Internet streaming video (beats me why, as it uses the same WMP functionality).
I know I can fake it by starting WMP after scheduled idle time, but I hoped for a more elegant solution...
I wanted to please my kid and show the streaming video of the panda cub from the Atlanta Zoo, found here:
http://afczoo-pandacam.wm.llnwd.net/afczoo_pandacam?e=1223956800&h=1f6474fdff0640d7b732de6049586894
as a screensaver... However, much to my surprise, there is no working software that could do that?
I've found one program, Active Player Screensaver, but it refuses to play that video link (complaining about a decompressor). What's funny, it does not play even the sample feed it has configured...
Microsoft has a plugin for Windows Media Player, but this one only plays files, not Internet streaming video (beats me why, as it uses the same WMP functionality).
I know I can fake it by starting WMP after scheduled idle time, but I hoped for a more elegant solution...