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Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:54 pm
by Sebyte
I don't yet have a webcam for my setup but will be getting one soon. To test how it would work I added a live feed URL to the portal settings, and that is where it all went wrong :oops:

Now when I open the portal it loads the feed and then goes straight to the website URL that I entered in the settings. There appears to be no way of stopping this so that I can delete the URL.

Is there a way can I remove the URL from my portal configuration, or can this only be done by the administrator?

Own goal, sorry!

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:28 pm
by lnevo
You can try opening portal settings before it loads or try turning off your webcam too...then you should be able to change it.

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:13 pm
by Sebyte
It loads and displays too quick to click on settings, I have been trying that all afternoon LOL.

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:53 pm
by lnevo
Turn off your webcam. Then it should fail to load

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:04 pm
by Sebyte
That is the problem, I dont have a webcam. I entred the URL for a live feed from a website showing a live reef. As soon as the portal page opens the web page jumps to that site. There is no time to scroll down and click on the portal settings!

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:10 pm
by lnevo
Whats the name of the site? Put an entry into your hosts file for the site with a bogus ip address.

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:17 pm
by rimai
Oh wow :(
I can't change it either... I just shoots me to the other website. :evil:
I will have to log directly into the database and force a change through sql statement.

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:40 am
by Sebyte
I am so sorry Roberto :oops:

Just wanted to see where on the portal page the feed would be positioned. I have embedded video feeds in webpages before such as Youtube streams, I can only think that this feed has a anti hijack code built in so that it cannot be used on other sites. If I am stupid enough to do this again I will take a close look at the code behind the URL first.

Thank you for removing the link and restoring the portal to me. I use it so much that it has become my main RA tool since Johns iPad app died.

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:51 pm
by DmnYnkee
What is the fix for this? I tried using Ustream broadcast, and now can't get to portal.

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:27 pm
by rimai
Yeah, I'll fix it for you tomorrow.

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:05 am
by rimai
Fixed

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:02 pm
by lnevo
Sebyte wrote:I am so sorry Roberto :oops:

Just wanted to see where on the portal page the feed would be positioned. I have embedded video feeds in webpages before such as Youtube streams, I can only think that this feed has a anti hijack code built in so that it cannot be used on other sites. If I am stupid enough to do this again I will take a close look at the code behind the URL first.

Thank you for removing the link and restoring the portal to me. I use it so much that it has become my main RA tool since Johns iPad app died.
Sebyte, get the U-App, it's sooo much better than the original iOS app...

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 3:28 pm
by DmnYnkee
Thanks much, Roberto!

Sorry for the extra work.

Re: Portal webcam URL

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:13 pm
by DmnYnkee
So, is it possible to use a Ustream broadcast within the portal?

This is my embed code that is generated by ustream.

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<iframe src="http://www.ustream.tv/embed/5757053?wmode=direct&ub=ff720a&lc=ff720a&oc=ffffff&uc=ffffff&volume=0" style="border: 0 none transparent;" frameborder="no" width="720" height="437"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/" style="padding: 2px 0px 4px; width: 400px; background: #ffffff; display: block; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Live streaming video by Ustream</a>