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AXIS 212 PTZ - Video Streams
Video Streams
The AXIS 212 PTZ provides several different image and video stream formats. The type to use depends on your requirements and on the properties of your network.
The Live View page in the AXIS 212 PTZ provides access to Motion JPEG and
Stream Types
Motion JPEG
This format uses standard JPEG still images for 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 uses considerable amounts of bandwidth, but provides excellent image quality and access to each and every individual image contained in the stream. The recommended method of accessing Motion JPEG live video from the AXIS 212 PTZ is to use the AXIS Media Control (AMC) in Microsoft Internet Explorer in Windows.
Note also 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.
Note: All clients viewing the
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•Simple - sets the coding type to H.263, as used by e.g. QuickTime™
•Advanced Simple - sets the coding type to
When using
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