Webcam scraper for desktop?

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in macOS edited January 2014
I'd love to have my desktop change every few minutes to reflect updates on a few webcams I really like. (Not those kinds... ones from back home. )



*Optimally*, I'd like to enter in 4 or 6 URLs and have the desktop split into subsections for those cams, and have them autoupdate with the server-side push used when viewing them in the browser. I'll settle for having one at a time though.



If someone knows of a screen saver that does the same thing, I can use bgscreensaver to plop it on the desktop.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    <superhero cartoon narrator voice> This sounds like a job for Automator!

    </superhero cartoon narrator voice>



    Get URL (page with webcams)

    Get Images

    Save Images to rotating desktop folder

    (or Add Photos to iPhoto )

    Set BGScreensaver to iPhoto folder

    ...



    would that work?
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  • Reply 2 of 4
    regreg Posts: 832member
    You can give Webcam Saver a try. I think it will do what you want. They have a trial version.



    reg
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  • Reply 3 of 4
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by curiousuburb

    <superhero cartoon narrator voice> This sounds like a job for Automator!

    </superhero cartoon narrator voice>



    Get URL (page with webcams)

    Get Images

    Save Images to rotating desktop folder

    (or Add Photos to iPhoto )

    Set BGScreensaver to iPhoto folder

    ...



    would that work?




    Sounds like it might... I'll give it a shot when I upgrade to 10.4...
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  • Reply 4 of 4
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by reg

    You can give Webcam Saver a try. I think it will do what you want. They have a trial version.



    reg




    Looks like it might.... if it weren't Windows only. I'll keep looking.
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