On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:21:07 -0800, Gabriel Ferreira wrote: > Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> I don't actually know, but could you please provide some context and >> write in plain English, those damn ... things are extremely annoying. >> >> > Hi, Mark. > > I am developing a research project, which includes video analysis > (computer vision, big data, data mining, etc). The first part of the > project is about building a database containing a big amount of video of > urban zones. I live in Brazil, so the plan is collecting videos from > urban areas of Brazilian big cities, like Sao Paulo. > > I have to make this task "automatic". in other words, I don't want to > manually download hundreds or thousands hours of videos. So I have to > develop a "robot" to do that assingment for me. (I wish I could do that > using Python). > > I have found a good website that provides me live images from several > cities in Brazil. So that's it! That's what I need. I was expecting to > develop a program to record & download those videos, that are being > broadcasted live on that website. So I would be able to form my database > and continue my research. > > The problem is that this particular website uses a flash player > application do broadcast the live images of the urban areas. I'm not too > familiar with Flash Applications. I don't know how to deal with them > using Python. I was wondering if someone could help me solve this > problem. The goal is recording & downloading those videos, from the > mentioned website. And, yes, it has to be an automated program (no > manual work). > > I wish I had been clear with you guys! > > THX!
So why not speak to the owners of the web site & see if thay can provide you with easier access to their video streams if this is a genuine research project I am sure they would like to help -- If God had a beard, he'd be a UNIX programmer. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list