On 19/02/10 12:02, Chris wrote: > On 17 February 2010 12:58, Bob Goodwin<bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I bought a Zonet ZVC7611W "IP Camera" Newegg had on sale with the >> intention of watching an area I can't see from the window near my desk. >> They work ok with the Windows software, I can view the video images. >> >> I can access it over our wireless LAN with Firefox from this F-12 >> computer and set all the configuration parameters without a problem and >> in fact did so. But I don't know how to go about viewing the pictures. >> >> Video applications such as VLC and Totem don't respond to the IP address >> assigned via dhcp at the the wireless router, 192.168.1.51. Those >> programs seem to want a file rather than an URL? >> > Ok, so it's an MJPEG stream that you want. If you put the IP into your > browser you will probably just get the default page for > viewing/configuring the camera which is why VLC can play it - i.e. > you're asking it to play a webpage instead of a video stream. These IP > camera home pages quite frequently use ActiveX to display the MJPEG > stream since IE can't render MJPEG directly and it's the quick cop-out > way of getting it to work for *most* users - obviously not those using > Linux though. > > What you probably need is the CGI manual for the camera such that you > can access the MJPEG stream directly. I've tried looking on their > website but it's down at the moment. To give you some examples of the > kind of thing you're looking for, Axis cameras need a request like > this: > > http://<ipaddress>/mjpg/video.mjpg > > ... and Sony cameras need... > > http://<ipaddress>/image?speed=25 > > so you basically need to find the equivalent cgi request for your > camera. Hopefully it's documented on their website - and hopefully the > website will work again one day! > > > > HTH, Chris. > > Wow, a good guess! I tried http://192.168.1.51/mjpg/video.mjpg, it > asked for the camera id and password and immediadtely displayed a > good picture. > > That gets me started anyway. It would help a whole lot if I > understood what I am doing, how this is supposed to work. I will > keep researching it on Google, whatever. > > Thanks much. > > Bob > -- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
