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A site that shows the video feeds from multiple news channels (self.fosi)

submitted 1 year ago by mulcahey to c/[email protected]

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Lots of news channels post their video feed online, for free, legally.

Pulling up each feed is a pain, and I don't actually want to watch all of them: I just want to see, at a glance, what each network/channel/outlet is covering, so I can get a sense of what the big story of the day is.

The feeds would all have to be on mute, obviously.

Some video feeds that could be included:

And these are just streams that are posted legally. If anyone wanted to incorporate pirate streams, we could add a TON.

Alternately: If displaying a ton of live feeds is too taxing on a processor, it could just show a collage of screenshots from each feed, updated every 60 seconds. That would be easier for processing, and it might sidestep any legal issues.

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[–] mulcahey 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this! I will test out these solutions.

And I 100% agree with you on your points re: TV news. I actually hate TV news, and watch as little of it as possible. This idea is more about getting a single data point (what does TV news think is important right now) as opposed to a way to stay informed generally.

ACTUALLY, on the topic of RSS feeds: I'm also looking for a way to put a constantly-updating RSS feed up on my HTPC, for all the reasons you named. So far, the best tool I've found is RollGator. But do you know of any others?