Anneke

I am quite new to Max and we are wanting to use a live traffic cam that steams online to trigger some events in Max. I was wondering if anyone could please put me on the right track on how to get what I am seeing online into Max so I can use it?

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The only solution for this at the moment is to display the web stream somewhere on your screen and then capture the image in max using jit.desktop. 

This is not an ideal solution, since it runs solely on the CPU, but it's feasible.

The only solution for this at the moment is to display the web stream somewhere on your screen and then  capture the image in max using jit.desktop. 

This is not an ideal solution, since it runs solely on the CPU, but it's feasible. 

What's the url or source? Because in the past i've succesfully loaded in traffic cams before but it's all dependant on what protocol is used. I don't know if it's possible to still use rtsp-streams with jit.movie? Because at the time it was still jit.qt.movie and that may have an impact.

Capturing the screen works ofourse, not the most elegant but it is a viable option

iirc mp4 was also one of the formats used to stream and i could load that in Max without any problem.

What's the url or source? Because in the past i've succesfully loaded in traffic cams before but it's all dependant on what protocol is used. I don't know if it's possible to still use rtsp-streams with jit.movie? Because at the time it was still jit.qt.movie and that may have an impact. 

Getting Live Realtime video from the web into Max