The axis media control, Other methods of accessing the video stream – Axis Communications AXIS 223M User Manual

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AXIS 223M - Video Streams

Unicasting should be used for video-on-demand broadcasting, so that there is no video

traffic on the network until a client connects and requests the stream. However, as more

and more unicast clients connect, the traffic on the network will increase and may cause

congestion. Although there is a maximum of 20 unicast viewers, note that all multicast

users combined count as 1 unicast viewer.

RTP/RTSP
This unicast method is RTP tunneled over RTSP. This can be used to exploit the fact that it

is relatively simple to configure firewalls to allow RTSP traffic.

RTP/RTSP/HTTP or RTP/RTSP/HTTPS
These two methods can also be used to traverse firewalls. Firewalls are commonly

configured to allow the HTTP protocol, thus allowing RTP to be tunneled.

The AXIS Media Control

The recommended method of accessing live video from the AXIS 223M is to use the AXIS

Media Control (AMC) in Microsoft Internet Explorer in Windows. This ActiveX component

is automatically installed on first use, after which it can be configured by opening the

AMC Control Panel applet from the Windows Control Panel. Alternatively, right-click the

video image in Internet Explorer.

Other methods of accessing the video stream

Video/images from the AXIS 223M can also be accessed in the following ways:

• If supported by the client, the AXIS 223M can use Motion JPEG server push to display

video. This option maintains an open HTTP connection to the browser and sends data as

and when required, for as long as required.

• As single JPEG images in a browser. Enter e.g. the path:

http:///axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?resolution=320x240

• Windows Media Player. This requires AMC and the MPEG-4 decoder to be installed. The

paths that can be used are listed below in the order of preference.

• Unicast via RTP: axrtpu:///mpeg4/media.amp
• Unicast via RTSP: axrtsp:///mpeg4/media.amp
• Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTP: axrtsphttp:///mpeg4/media.amp
• Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTPS: axrtsphttps:///mpeg4/media.amp
• Multicast: axrtpm:///mpeg4/media.amp

Note:

= IP address.