This is going to sound a little strange, but basically I have a spare computer here plugged into a monitor. As it stands now, I turn it on and it auto logs in + auto launches Firefox to a custom HTML page. This HTML page pulls in the MJPG feeds from my CCTV network cameras. I'm changing things around a bit. My recordings pull in H264 feed, so the MJPG is basically a viewer. I'd like to get some better FPS on the "surveillance viewer" box, so I'm looking to eliminate the HTML page that serves MJPG and switch to a direct H264 solution. Thing is, as far as I know, you cannot embed a live H264 stream into an HTML file. If it's possible, I'd love to know how.
Until then, I'm trying to figure out how I can set up a grid of auto launch applications. In particular, VLC. I want to launch 4 instances of VLC in a 2x2 grid format where each VLC instance points to its own RTSP instance. I'm hoping that a desktop environment that 'saves' the session would be a fit.
I looked at i3 in a VM. It's an interesting environment, but the lack of session save (and the setup involved) seems tedious (unless that's the 2:30 AM side of me talking).
I don't care what runs on this box. I just want it to log in and auto launch 4 RTSP feeds in 4 different instances of VLC so I would have a 'live viewer' when I'm in my office.
Anybody have any ideas?
Bookmarks