Use search, as someone a while back added animated radar to a BI window, and detailed how he did it.Hi all,
I have some animated gif's (weather radars) that I'd like to be able to use as a camera source, although it doesn't seem to animate in BI, any ideas?
I found the thread here : Pull as web image as a camera?Use search, as someone a while back added animated radar to a BI window, and detailed how he did it.
The function has been added. Im guessing you sent a request to the developer.Hi all,
I have some animated gif's (weather radars) that I'd like to be able to use as a camera source, although it doesn't seem to animate in BI, any ideas?
cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=GWX&brand=wui&num=6&delay=15&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&mapx=400&mapy=240¢erx=400¢ery=240&transx=0&transy=0
Not yet, hopefully soon...gotta run install a new PC for a local small town's utility dept., port all the mess over from a circa '07 Windows Vista machine (yikes!).VERY COOL @TonyR! have you tried this with other radar images?
Could be, mine was at 2.0 secs and was down for 30 secs about every 1/2 hour. I changed to 4.0 secs and it's been up for an hour without missing a beat (as far as I know). Why don't you try 4.0 secs and we'll see.Does the frequent polling of the radblast.wunderground.com URL cause them to black out the source? I've never watched my local Nashville radar (OHX), so I have no idea how often it goes off-line, but since starting this as a camera, I've noticed it drops out "Radar down for maintenance" quite often - maybe 20% of the time...
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OKOk, did the same. I'll report back later if it drops out.
No, have not tried that.Do you have that camera recording at all?
True, I just like seeing the motion restarted often, which quickly tells me which way the front is heading . I've been using 4 sec's for about 3 years now. This past year WU seems to go offline more than it used to, but not for long.I have not yet played with this in BI, but banging on WU's server every two to 4 sec's isn't gaining anything as far as the actual radar update.