Ambient Videos for Relaxation and Profit

In the last eighteen months or so, I've taken to using YouTube to provide a combination of ambient noise and scenery, either on my workstation or on my actual television set. This can serve a variety of purposes:

A YouTube video, playing even at low volume, will keep a computer "awake" when you're away from it for a few minutes.

Overnight, Tango the Weimaraner is less likely to detect critters like raccoons or possums, but mostly cats, if there's a combination of noise and light on the television when he's sleeping in our front room.

The ambient noise and visuals can facilitate productivity, but also sleep!
I've been enjoying two in particular, and thought I'd share them. The first is from Cozy Timez.


I love the idea of a cozy little cabin with a wood fireplace, insulated from the beautiful display of inclement weather outside. I'd prefer a sleeping dog to a sleeping cat, but it's fine.

The other recent selection is an offering from Artic Ocean: a ship plodding through a stormy sea.


Having briefly served in the Navy, but never gone to sea, part of me idealizes the prospect of leaving land behind and braving the elements aboard a tramp freighter. This video is solid not only because it's got great visuals and audio, but also because it's nearly twelve hours long, which makes it more likely to keep going all night instead of timing out. Then again, the TV tends to shut itself off after a duration without any outside input, so I often have to keep the thing going when Tango wakes me up to request a bladder relief outing.

There's another category of ship-at-sea videos, but since many of them seem to be titled in Korean, I'm unable to find them. Wait, let's try something...


There's one! So, enjoy, and if you have any similar videos that you enjoy using for relaxation or focus, feel free to link to them in the comments.