On 18.03.2017 19:56, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 03/18/17 13:56, poma wrote: >> On 16.03.2017 22:02, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> [...] >>> Presently the iPhone5 serves as a viewer >>> for the Foscam C1 camera in the barn. >>> There tech support has not helped, still >>> need to get rtsp enabled in those >>> cameras ... They are perfect for my >>> application but my Linux/VLC can't view >>> them without rtsp ... >>> >> System Requirements >> https://foscam.us/media/mconnect_uploadfiles/c/1/c1%20user%20manual.pdf#page=76 >> Operating System - Mac OS >> Browser - Apple Safari >> >> I guess then you can ask for help from someone who is using Mac OS. >> Having once set, should be good to go - via vlc, right? >> >> 2.4 Using the VLC player >> https://foscam.us/media/mconnect_uploadfiles/c/1/c1%20user%20manual.pdf#page=17 >> https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Foscam_C1 >> > + > > Yes, I've been through those documents. > But the solution is to get rtsp enabled > in the cameras and that seems to require > a Windows computer. My daughter tried > earlier today from her Mac portable and > gave up. I don't know why but I think it > always comes back to the required plugin > being a Windows .exeand other systems > wont deal with it. I've tried Safari and > Firefox in the iPhone and the response > is the same as from this Fedora desktop, > "what shall we use on this file?" > > I probably could set up a Windows > computer using a spare hard drive and > use an XP oem disk for that. But I > really don't want to risk connecting XP > to my LAN, and my Windows user skills > are very poor, it would be a learning > exercise. > > I may have to ship them to a friend and > get him to do it on his Windows system, > that or use different cameras, anything > withan ethernet output will work, it > just needs to be accessible as delivered > as were the others I'm using that did > not require the installation of a plugin > to be usable. > > Or just continue using the iPhone which > does work. I need more cameras but I > guess they wont be Foscam C1's. > It seems that there are IP cameras that are not clones of each other, the ones that do not require the plugin to access UI. http://boshdirect.com/tech/reolink-html5-ip-camera-viewer <quote> The change from the previous Reolink web based viewer is apparent right away – simply type in the IP address of your camera in your browser and you are immediately prompted to login – in previous installations, you would be presented with a hideous screen asking you to install a plugin and forcing you to use Internet Explorer. With the latest update, you can simply login and immediately start viewing the live video feed from your camera. [...] </quote> http://www.prweb.com/releases/reolink-newly-update/software-and-firmware/prweb13559697.htm <quote> Changed the activeX plugin to HTML5+SMTP, which supports more browsers, including IE 10, IE 11, Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari and more operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. </quote> Interesting, it seems that Reolink has a model of the same name as Foscam - C1 https://reolink.com/product/c1 http://www.foscam.com/C1.html In fact it seems that Reolink also offers "Barn Security Cameras" https://reolink.com/barn-security-cameras I'd like to hear your opinion, considering the performance of these devices and promising software support (HTML5), is the price of these devices fair? _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
