Axis Communications 241Q user manual Video streams, Video stream types, Motion Jpeg

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Video streams

The AXIS 241Q/241S provides several video stream formats. The type you want to use depends on your requirements and the properties of your network.

The Live View page in AXIS 241Q/241S provides access to Motion JPEG and MPEG-4 video streams, and to single JPEG images. Other applications and clients can also access these video streams/images directly, without going via the Live View page.

Video stream types

Motion JPEG

This format uses standard JPEG still images in the video stream. These images are then displayed and updated at a rate sufficient to create a stream that shows constantly updated motion.

The Motion JPEG stream provides excellent image quality and access to every individual image contained in the stream.

Note that multiple clients accessing Motion JPEG streams can use different image settings.

MPEG-4

This is a video compression standard that makes good use of bandwidth, and which can provide high-quality video streams at less than 1 Mbit/s.

The MPEG-4 standard provides scope for a large range of different coding tools for use by various applications in different situations, and AXIS 241Q/241S provides certain subsets of these tools. These are represented as Video object types, which are selected for use with different viewing clients. The supported video object types are:

Simple - sets the coding type to H.263

Advanced Simple - in Axis products, this sets the coding type to MPEG-4 Part 2

AMC (AXIS Media Control) supports both object types, while QuickTime™, for example, requires the Simple object type.

When using MPEG-4 it is also possible to control the bit rate, which in turn allows control of bandwidth usage. CBR (constant bit rate) is used to achieve a specific bit rate by varying the quality of the MPEG-4 stream. When using VBR (variable bit rate), the quality of the video stream is kept as constant as possible, at the cost of a varying bit rate.

Notes:

MPEG-4 is licensed technology. AXIS 241Q/241S includes one license for the decoder

 

required for viewing in AMC. Installing additional unlicensed copies of this decoder is

 

prohibited. To purchase more decoder licenses, contact your Axis reseller.

 

All clients viewing the MPEG-4 stream must use the same image settings.

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Contents Axis 241Q/241S Video Server User’s Manual About This Document Page Axis 241Q/241S Axis 241Q/241S Product description Power LED indicatorsNetwork StatusSwitch Description Switches & connectorsRear panel Video inputAxis 241Q/241S Product description Accessing the video server Using Axis 241Q/241SLive View Axis 241Q/241S Using Axis 241Q/241SAxis 241Q/241S Using Axis 241Q/241S Video stream types Video streamsMotion Jpeg MPEG-4 protocols and communication methods How to stream MPEG-4Axis Media Control AMC RTP/RTSP/HTTP or RTP/RTSP/HTTPS Other methods of accessing the video streamOther MPEG-4 clients Accessing the Setup tools Configuring the video serverImage settings Video & image settingsText Overlay Settings Image AppearanceAdvanced Video source settingsMjpeg settings Quad Stream settings Axis 241Q onlyOverlay Settings Overlay/Mask settings Overlay image limitations Overlay image requirementsUse a Privacy Mask Image Formats Image SizeLayout Live View ConfigModify the Axis Look Default Live View Video Axis 241Q onlyOwn Home Default Viewer Default Video FormatViewer Settings Action ButtonsHtml Examples Sequence ModeExternal Video Output ButtonsEvent Servers Event configurationEvent Types Event typeTriggered Event How to set up a triggered eventPre-trigger and post-trigger buffers How to set up a scheduled eventScheduled event Motion detection Camera tamperingObject Size How to configure Motion DetectionPort status Pan Tilt Zoom Installing PTZ devicesPreset positions PTZ configurationPTZ controls Video sources Tilt bar relative PTZ control modes Using CGI links to control PTZ devicesControl panel Guard tourControl Queue AdvancedSecurity System optionsUsers IP Address FilterAxis 241Q/241S System options Ieee 802.1x Network Admission ControlCA servers Authentication processDate & time Network Basic TCP/IP settingsServices Network Advanced TCP/IP settingsDNS configuration NTP ConfigurationNAT traversal port mapping for IPv4 Link-Local IPv4 AddressNetwork Traffic QoS Settings QoS Quality of serviceSmtp email RTP Multicast/MPEG-4 UPnPBonjour Ports & devicesSupport MaintenanceSupport Overview System OverviewConfiguration Using the Control Button Resetting to the factory default settingsD-Sub connector Unit connectorsPin Pin Function Description I/O terminal connectorCOM ports RS-232 and RS-485 Schematic diagram I/O terminal connectorTo BNC cable Checking the firmware TroubleshootingUpgrading the firmware Emergency recovery procedure Alarms, etc, to a destination outside the local network Axis video server cannot be accessed from a web browserLit No images displayed in the Web interface Video Image ProblemsSnapshot images Only I framesDownloaded from the manufacturers web site Frame rate Motion Jpeg Technical specificationsIntelligent video Dimensions HxWxD Optimizing your system General performance considerationsFrame rates MPEG-4 Frame rates Motion JpegAxis 241Q/241S Bandwidth Glossary Active Speaker a speaker with a built-in power amplifierDe-interlacing See Interlacing Compression See Image CompressionFixed iris See Autoiris Axis 241Q/241S Glossary Megapixel See Pixel Axis 241Q/241S Glossary URL Uniform Resource Locator An address on the network SSL/TSLVideo camera See Network camera and Cctv video camera Index Http API requests Http port number Http server RTP 14 Rtsp 14 Axis 243SA Index
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