- √ - HS and camera Cisco CIVS-IPC-2500

[Warichet]

Hi,

Does it make sense to archive camera images to the HS when a NAS is available ?

Any arguments pro/con ?

[Warichet]

I guess you're out of luck

Maybe not , I've changed the format from MPEG to MJPEG, and found an URL on the Internet (/img/video.mjpeg) ..... and I got a picture on the HS Visu.
When I try to do "motion detection" the option is no more available, so I've to enable both MPEG and MJPEG (the last option).

The last part is to capture the video stream. I see several alternatives (HS archive, NAS, FTP)
What would be the recommended pratice ?

Would someone be so kind to list the steps needed, please ?

Thank you

[Warichet]

Hi Bodo,

In your browser you go to your management page and right-click the picture.

No go, too easy, nothing happens.
I know the procedure works for a static image, but I wonder if it's supposed to work with a stream ?

Thank you for the tip anyway

[Bodo]

... http://10.0.1.243/main.cgi?next_file=video.htm but that is the management page of the camera, not the pure data stream !
So I'm looking for the URL of the image and can't find it.

Hoi
In your browser you go to your management page and right-click the picture.
There you might have the url.

[Warichet]

Hi ctr,

You can look at the source code of the page that displays the stream or look at the tcp sockets or even sniff access to find out whats happening.

That's what I wanted to avoid, hoping for a hint from someone having more experience than me

I guess you're out of luck as soon as any activex controls or something similar is being used...

It is my understanding that activex controls are only used for the initial setup. The camera can be accesses from a Linux system (no activex controls)

(you will be able to find out whats happening using the above methods, but you wont be able to reproduce this on a HS)

I fear you are right. I searched the net and found some info about direct acces via URL

rtsp://<username password>@<ip address>/img/media.sav

but it uses the RTSP protocol, no http.
And the HS doesnt support RTSP, so, I guess I'm toast

[ctr]

You can look at the source code of the page that displays the stream or look at the tcp sockets or even sniff access to find out whats happening.

I guess you're out of luck as soon as any activex controls or something similar is being used... (you will be able to find out whats happening using the above methods, but you wont be able to reproduce this on a HS)

[Warichet]

Ouups, I guess I've made a mistake
With the browser and a direct access
http://10.0.1.243/main.cgi?next_file=video.htm but that is the management page of the camera, not the pure data stream !

So I'm looking for the URL of the image and can't find it. It's not published in the doc and wild guessing doesn't help.

Anyone has an idea ?

[Warichet]

Hi,

I'm trying to integrate a Cisco camera CIVS-IPC-2500 in the HomeServer.
I've read many posts about the topic, but I think I've an understanding problem.

I've installed the camera as per manual.
I've configured a fixed IP, a resolution of 352x288, data single stream MPEG-4, write down the path to the picture.
With the browser and a direct access
http://10.0.1.243/main.cgi?next_file=video.htm I can see the picture.

I'm not sure about my settings in the HS, maybe someone can spot the problem ? (with my current setup, I've an empty camera image)

Thank you