Axis Communications Axis 211A - Manual (Page 16)

16 AXIS 210A/211A - Video Streams
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.
AXIS Media Control
The recommended method of accessing live video from the AXIS 210A/211A is to use the
AXIS Media Control (AMC) in Microsoft Internet Explorer for 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 210A/211A can also be accessed in the following ways:
• If supported by the client, the AXIS 210A/211A 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 the path:
http://<IP address>/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://<IP address>/mpeg4/media.amp
• Unicast via RTSP: axrtsp://<IP address>/mpeg4/media.amp
• Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTP: axrtsphttp://<IP
address>/mpeg4/media.amp
• Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTPS: axrtsphttps://<IP
address>/mpeg4/media.amp
• Multicast: axrtpm://<IP address>/mpeg4/media.amp
Other MPEG-4 clients
Although it may be possible to use other clients to view the MPEG-4 stream, this is not
guaranteed by Axis. For some other clients, such as QuickTime™ the Video Object Type
must be set to Simple. It may also be necessary to adjust the advanced MPEG-4 settings.
To assess the video stream from QuickTime™ the following path can be used: