Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 157)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 157 Advanced configuration
About direct streaming
By default, when your system transfers video from cameras to your system, the Milestone Mobile
server decodes video images from the codec used on the camera into JPEG files. This decoding
process is somewhat resource-intense for the Milestone Mobile server. Direct streaming allows the
Milestone Mobile server to transfer the images to XProtect Web Client in the original codec format,
and, thereby, reduce the strain on the Milestone Mobile server as no decoding is necessary.
Under the Milestone Mobile server's General Settings, you can enable direct streaming on the
Milestone Mobile server to enable the use of direct streaming for users of the XProtect Web Client.
However, administrators can also select to make it mandatory for all users to use direct streaming in
XProtect Web Client. If administrators enable this setting, all users will always use direct streaming. If
you enable mandatory direct streaming, all instances of Milestone Mobile client will no longer be able
to connect, so administrators should only use this setting if users strictly use the Milestone Mobile
server to connect to XProtect Web Client.
To use direct streaming, you must install a plug-in on the PC on which you access XProtect Web
Client. XProtect Web Client automatically asks users if they wish to install this plug-in (if they connect
through a supported browser).
About Video push
Video push is feature in your Milestone Mobile client that allows you to use your mobile device's
camera to, for example, collect evidence when you investigate an alarm or event. You do this by
sending a video stream from your mobile device to your system. In the Mobile server settings, you can
set up how many users should be able to use the Video push feature in the system.
About saving configuration changes in XProtect Enterprise 8.1 and
streamlined software versions
The following applies to XProtect Enterprise 8.1, XProtect Professional 8.1, XProtect Express 1.1,
XProtect Essential 2.1 and XProtect Go 2.1 software versions only.
If you are logged into the Milestone Mobile client and are watching one or more cameras views while
at the same time changing configuration in the Management Application, the live video from the
camera may freeze in the Milestone Mobile client if you click File > Save in the Management
Application.
To avoid this scenario, you must restart the Milestone Mobile service manually. See the Windows Help
for information about how to do this.
If you are using newer versions of XProtect, the Milestone Mobile service restarts with the other
services and no user action is required.
Add/edit a Mobile server
1. Go to Servers > Mobile Servers. From the menu that appears, select Create New. Fill in/edit
the needed properties.
IMPORTANT: If you edit settings for Login method, All cameras view and Outputs and events,
while you are connected to the Milestone Mobile client, you must restart the Milestone Mobile client for
the new settings to take effect.