On 12/15/2018 5:20 AM, Pat wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:35:25 -0800, mike wrote:

On 12/14/2018 12:19 PM, Pat wrote:
One option would be to use a RAM disk. Then just periodically wipe
the files if not needed. I use a RAM disk for camera images and
periodically write them to the SSD. There must be a better way for
you, though. If you don't want or need the files and your software
can't be told to throw the images away, find new software. There are
plenty of camera handling packages available for free. Good luck.

I'd be interested in particular recommendations
for free viewers that don't write to the C: drive, don't put up big
windows with lots of frames and buttons and...,
and don't require capturing a stream. That wastes way too much local
network bandwidth.


Do you need video to be displayed or will a periodic "snapshot" do?
As nospam said, your camera has the ability to send snapshots when
requested to do so. (I also have a few Panasonic cameras). I wrote a
program in C# that requests a snapshot from the camera once per second
and displays it in a borderless window with no other buttons or
controls. In another post you said all you want is "an IPCAM viewer".
By coincidence, I named my program IPCam. If you can program in C#,
you could write something similar (the tools are free). Mine wouldn't
work for you because I get sloppy when writing software for my own use
and I embed all sorts of hard coded network address, passwords, and
such).

Pat


I'm a VB6 kinda programmer. Drag and drop...
Never did like all the declarations and libraries and pragmas, whatever
they are, required just to get to the point you can write the first line
of application code. I wrote ONE C program 20 years ago
when I just couldn't get interpreted basic to run fast enough.

I would be interested in seeing your source code,
if you'd be willing to hack out the passwords and email it. I don't
have a problem with hard coded
stuff.

This thread has gone astray. I started by thinking about
how to implement junctions and hard links in an effort
to get existing programs to send their disk writes
to places other than the SSD.

I'm coming to the conclusion that this problem might
best be solved by digging a phone out of the junk box
and dedicating it as a camera viewer. I could stream
to that easily.