Kitten cam!

[spooky3]

A local (Northern VA) rescue group, Tails High, has set up a web cam of more than 10 kittens currently being fostered in one home.

http://www.tailshigh.org/

To watch the kittens, open Windows Media Player (from your computer), press “ctrl+u” and paste this address into the box: http://68.84.6.217:8081.

For Mac users (WMP isn't supported for most Mac systems), here are detailed steps using VLC player:

1.Download the free VLC player from www.VideoLan.org (if you don't already have it).
2. Open VLC. The "VLC media player" window should open.
3. Go to the File menu; pull down to "Open Network" (fourth menu item).
4. You will get an Open Source window. Go to the Network tab (it's the third) and open it.
5. Next to "URL", type in http://68.84.6.217:8081. You can also copy and paste this.
6. Hit the "Open" button at the lower right.
7. The "VLC media player" window should begin loading the image˜you'll see a candy stripe moving below the URL in the VLC media player window. This lasts a LONG time (more than 4 minutes). The URL should appear in the Playlist lower in the "VLC media player" window.
8. A new window will open with the webcam on the kittens. It is pixelated at the beginning but clears the image itself within a minute.
9. To enlarge the window, hit the cancel button on the Open Source Window, then drag the enlarging stripes on the lower right hand of the window.
10. If you want to save a quick link to return later, go to Save Playlist at the bottom of the File menu. Save it as an XSPF file. You'll need to give it a name and save it where you can find it again, such as your Desktop. An icon will be created. When you close and reopen VLC, then click on this XSPF file icon, it automatically begins loading the file. If you do this, when you play, under "Playlist" in the VLC media player window, you'll see "Playlist" rather than the URL.

As you know kittens sleep a lot, so you may need to check back frequently!

Have fun!

[wildflower]

1. I love it! So adorable.

I was watching it for the last few minutes and made a discovery.

The kittens were running around by themselves playing and hardly made any noise at all. But then their human came in, and they all started meowing at her!

Thus I've decided that meowing is just an evil plan concocted by cats to make them look as cute as possible to us. :)

[spooky3]

2. glad you like it! The couple who fosters them gets fairly frequent visitors who are warmly greeted

with meows!

It really is fun to see the wobbly little things wrestle with each other and try to run around.

[spooky3]

3. unfortunately, the webcam is not working right now - will post again when it's back up.

[hippywife]

4. Yeah, I just tried it

and it couldn't access the server. Bummer. :(

[spooky3]

5. Kitten Cam is back up--new URL

Paste this address rather than the one above:

http://69.143.52.39:8081

Happy kitten viewing!

[Sanity Claws]

6. It doesn't work

I just clicked on it.

[spooky3]

7. thanks - it's on now - I guess the caretakers didn't have it on when you checked.

http://www.tailshigh.org/

[carlyhippy]

8. aah how cute they are!

I really need one of those cat tree house setups. I have 3 cats. I have one made of this plastic-y cloth stuff, and a 16 lbs cat has really strained the seams,and it's not as stable as I want it to be.

They are so expensive, tho. The ones I look at the pet store are like 200.00. I need one with a pretty good base, because of my biggest cat, he is a moose, and i don't want it to fall over on him.

[spooky3]

9. you might find one on Craig's List

When kitties get older, some don't like them as much because they are harder to jump into, and the tree houses are so big, that the owners may sell them.