Animated GIF as camera source

[looney2ns]

WU has been going rapidly down hill since IBM bought them.
If you really want to get into radar, I highly recommend these:
For desktop: GRLevel3 Main Page
For Android phone or tablet: PYKL3 Radar

 

[TonyR]

WU has been going rapidly down hill since IBM bought them.

So THAT'S what happened....

If you really want to get into radar, I highly recommend these:
For desktop: GRLevel3 Main Page
For Android phone or tablet: PYKL3 Radar

Good stuff, thanks! I'll bet @Weather_Junkie will salivate over those!

 

[erkme73]

Ok, did the same. I'll report back later if it drops out.

Eh, wishful thinking, I suppose. No difference in the number of dropouts. Probably really undergoing issues.

 

[TonyR]

Eh, wishful thinking, I suppose. No difference in the number of dropouts. Probably really undergoing issues.

Likely, mine's been steady every time I've looked at it; frequency? Oh, maybe every 15-30 mins for straight 5-10 mins...works for me.

 

[Cameraguy]

An update for all those in the past that have hoped for an animated GIF to be displayed as a camera in Blue Iris. I updated BI to 4.7.6.2 as @fenderman pointed out above and now have an animated weather radar image for a camera! This process has been of interest in the past to @Weather_Junkie , @Cameraguy , @awsum140 , @Mike A.

Instructions below:

First, go ==>> here <<== and find the 3-letter code for the weather radar you'd like to display; mine is Columbus, MS which is 'GWX'.

Next, create a camera and configure as below, in image #1.

For the path, copy and paste the code below but place YOUR 3-letter weather radar code in place of my 'GWX'. It's located near the beginning, preceded by "station=".

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&centerx=400&centery=240&transx=0&transy=0

In image #2, change the 'Video' page's 'Max rate' to 2.0 seconds.

Image #1:

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Image #2:

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Nice!! Thank you sir!

 

[pinko]

If you wanted to play around with the zoom on your map just change default value "scale=1.000" to any of the following.
"1"=100%
"0.75"=150%
"0.5"=200%
"0.25"=400%
"0.125"=800%

To get this to work for Australia: just change the 3 letter station ID to one of the following Australia Radar Station numbers.( this info was pulled from the website, they got some of the stations states mixed up, but they should work)
.
New South Wales
003 - Wollongong (Appin)
004 - Newcastle
028 - Grafton
040 - Canberra / Captains Flat
053 - Moree
054 - Sydney (Kurnell)
055 - Wagga Wagga
062 - Norfolk Island
071 - Sydney (Terrey Hills)
Northern Territory
009 - Gove
010 - Darwin Airport
025 - Alice Springs
042 - Katherine / Tindal
063 - Darwin / Berrima
065 - Tennant Creek
Queensland
008 - Gympie (Mt. Kanigan)
018 - Weipa
019 - Cairns
020 - Townsville Airport
021 - Townsville (Mt. Stuart)
022 - Mackay
023 - Gladstone
024 - Bowen
036 - Mornington Island
041 - Willis Island
050 - Marburg
056 - Longreach
066 - Brisbane (Mt. Stapylton)
067 - Warrego
072 - Emerald
South Australia
014 - Mt. Gambier
027 - Woomera
033 - Ceduna
046 - Adelaide (Sellicks Hill)
064 - Adelaide (Buckland Park)
Tasmania
037 - Hobart Airport
052 - West Takone
Victoria
002 - Melbourne
016 - Port Hedland
029 - Learmonth
030 - Mildura
039 - Halls Creek
044 - Giles
048 - KalgoorlieBoulder
049 - Yarrawonga
051 - Melbourne Airport
068 - Bairnsdale
Western Australia
005 - Carnarvon
006 - Geraldton
007 - Wyndham
015 - Dampier
017 - Broome
031 - Albany
032 - Esperance
045 - Eucla
070 - Perth (Serpentine)

 

[Cameraguy]

Likely, mine's been steady every time I've looked at it; frequency? Oh, maybe every 15-30 mins for straight 5-10 mins...works for me.

Hey you having any problems with your radar? Mine stopped working yesterday.. wunderground.com sees to be up..

 

[TonyR]

Hey you having any problems with your radar? Mine stopped working yesterday.. wunderground.com sees to be up..

Negative, GWX is working fine.
What's the URL you're using?

 

[Cameraguy]

Negative, GWX is working fine.
What's the URL you're using?

 

[Cameraguy]

Negative, GWX is working fine.
What's the URL you're using?

I restarted bi and its back.. guess I should have done that first.. thanks brother

 

[TonyR]

That's part of it...how 'bout clicking on that "video", "Path", highlight all of it, select copy (<control> + C) then paste (<control> + V) that into your post?

EDIT: disregard, my man. Glad ur up.

 

[BassTeQ]

I use a script to download a radar image and store it locally in the BI www folder, I then point BI to use the local image so it doesn't hammer external URLs to obtain radar images.

 

[looney2ns]

WU is getting closer to it's graveyard daily.
IBM has ripped it to shreds.

 

[TonyR]

I use a script to download a radar image and store it locally in the BI www folder, I then point BI to use the local image so it doesn't hammer external URLs to obtain radar images.

How often do you refresh that downloaded image?
Most online animated radar (.gif) images are updated about every 15 minutes; I "hammer" WU only about every 10 minutes.....not too often, IMO.

 

[Cameraguy]

How often do you refresh that downloaded image?
Most online animated radar (.gif) images are updated about every 15 minutes; I "hammer" WU only about every 10 minutes.....not too often, IMO.

Anyway to pull from an app?
MyRadar Weather Radar, Earthquake, Forecast and Storms

 

[Ssayer]

An update for all those in the past that have hoped for an animated GIF to be displayed as a camera in Blue Iris. I updated BI to 4.7.6.2 as @fenderman pointed out above and now have an animated weather radar image for a camera! This process has been of interest in the past to @Weather_Junkie , @Cameraguy , @awsum140 , @Mike A.

Instructions below:

First, go ==>> here <<== and find the 3-letter code for the weather radar you'd like to display; mine is Columbus, MS which is 'GWX'.

Next, create a camera and configure as below, in image #1.

For the path, copy and paste the code below but place YOUR 3-letter weather radar code in place of my 'GWX'. It's located near the beginning, preceded by "station=".

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&centerx=400&centery=240&transx=0&transy=0

In image #2, change the 'Video' page's 'Max rate' to 2.0 seconds.

Image #1:

View attachment 30303

Image #2:

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I must be doing something wrong. I copy and pasted the code (changing the station to DTX), but I only get a still pic and not an animated gif. I'm on 4.8.6.3, so as I understand it, it should work. I've tried leaving it as GWX to see if Detroit was the problem, but it's not coming up as animated for me with that station either. Any clues? Thanks!

 

[Cameraguy]

I must be doing something wrong. I copy and pasted the code (changing the station to DTX), but I only get a still pic and not an animated gif. I'm on 4.8.6.3, so as I understand it, it should work. I've tried leaving it as GWX to see if Detroit was the problem, but it's not coming up as animated for me with that station either. Any clues? Thanks!

 

[TonyR]

I tried it with DTX and it work OK for me.
Have you double checked the settings in Image 1 and 2?

 

[TonyR]

Ah, @Cameraguy …..great minds think alike!
Your post beat mine by seconds!

 

[Cameraguy]

Ah, @Cameraguy …..great minds think alike!
Your post beat mine by seconds!

Haha no doubt