It has come to my attention that the feeds that the widget was previously using are no longer available. I had previously made mention of a second version which would include more cameras, however those efforts with Metro Commute (company that hosts content) fell through. It looks like there is a new company hosting the content, so I will try again. Stay tuned...

it is good idea, i like it.

i have not been able to get the camera feeds for the last couple of weeks. All i get is the "No Video" screen. Any ideas on a solution?
Thanks.

Well, my message was cut off then posted twice...here is the rest of it:

Do you continue to have trouble or did it resolve itself once the camera came back online?

[janetmieszczak]

Yes.

It's been a while since I posted this widget and had no idea people were posting comments, let alone downloading it...

It's probably easiest to get questions answered via email as I don't check for these posts very often...obviously.

Keep an eye out over the coming weeks as I will be posting a completely updated version of the widget which hopefully will include all cameras in the Metro Detroit area.

To answer all of the questions posted so far (in reverse chronological order):

[…fotofoolu, Motown'r, Wackso, Zoltak, donner]

Thank you.

[Louis]

Check your email.

[Seaho K]

All the widget does is display a JPG file that is downloaded from the traffic camera on port 80 via HTTP. There is a "NO VIDEO" file that is display by the actual camera / server when the connection is lost. It essentially means the camera is offline.

Do you continue to have trouble or did it resolve itself once the camera More