On 2017-09-19 13:37, Alex Pilon wrote: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:19:09PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it would > > seem that the normal use of these is via a tablet or smartphone, but i > > would like to be able to use my fedora linux laptop and pop up a browser > > window (i'm assuming) and view what the camera is seeing in real time, > > and it's not clear how i would do that (yet). > > What's the protocol that it uses to send video? Does it require any form of > authentication? I'd nmap it, sniff it, or find a manual. I know the ffmpeg > command line utility can trivially set up a receiver for quite a few protocols, > be it RTP (feed it SDP on stdin), or other. See ffmpeg-protocols(1). > > [1]: To anybody else, please do not ever suggest mplayer or VLC any more please > unless you know what you're doing. We don't need cruddy old code or UI/UX > complexity. I replied to Rob's message before I saw your reply. Given that those two were the only two that actually worked of all the options I tried, IIRC, you will have to be a bit more explicit and specific in your criticism if you want to be taken seriously rather than off-handedly trashing them as you have done for many other technologies in the past without elaborating, assuming that everybody else knows what you are talking about. Please educate us rather than effectively making us all feel stupid because we don't follow your unstated line of reasoning. slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________