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Unicasting should be used for video-on-demand broadcasting, so that there is no video traffic on the network until a client connects and requests the stream. However, as more and more unicast clients connect, the traffic on the network will increase and may cause congestion. Although there is a maximum of 20 unicast viewers, note that all multicast users combined 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 (AMC)

The recommended method of accessing live video from the AXIS 243Q Blade is to use the AXIS Media Control (AMC) in Microsoft Internet Explorer in 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 243Q Blade can also be accessed in the following ways:

•If supported by the client, the AXIS 243Q Blade 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>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi

Note: To specify other parameters refer to the VAPIX® API in the Developer pages at the Axis web site www.axis.com/developer.

•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>/mpeg4/media.amp

•Unicast via RTSP: axrtsp://<ip>/mpeg4/media.amp

•Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTP: axrtsphttp://<ip>/mpeg4/media.amp

•Unicast via RTSP, tunneled via HTTPS: axrtsphttps://<ip>/mpeg4/media.amp

•Multicast: axrtpm://<ip>/mpeg4/media.amp

Note: <ip> = IP address.

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Axis Communications 243Q Blade user manual Axis Media Control AMC, Other methods of accessing the video stream

Contents

Axis 243Q Blade Video Server User’s Manual About This Document Page Contents Axis 243Q Blade Product description Overview LED indicators Switches & connectors Axis 243Q Blade Product description Accessing the video server Access from a browser Layout Setting the root passwordLive View Axis 243Q Blade Accessing the video server Motion Jpeg Video streamsVideo stream types How to stream MPEG-4 MPEG-4 protocols and communication methods RTP/RTSP/HTTP or RTP/RTSP/HTTPS Other methods of accessing the video streamAxis Media Control AMC Other MPEG-4 clients Configuring the video server Accessing the Setup link Image appearance Image settingsVideo & Image Test Text overlay settingsVideo stream Video source settings Advanced MPEG-4 settings Bit Rate control Overlay/Mask Advanced Mjpeg settingsOverlay/Mask Settings Image Formats Image Size Overlay image requirementsOverlay image limitations Default Viewer Live View ConfigDefault Video Format Viewer Settings Check Show custom link Action ButtonsUser-defined Links Output Buttons Pan Tilt Zoom Installing PTZ devicesAuthentication key PTZ configuration Preset positions PTZ controls Control panel Using CGI links to control PTZ devicesPTZ control modes Guard tour Advanced PTZ control queue Using PTZ on video inputs Event types Event configurationEvent servers Click Add triggered... on the Event Types How to set up a triggered eventTriggered Event Enter the minimum time interval between triggers Click Add scheduled... on the Event Types How to set up a scheduled eventScheduled event Camera tampering Motion detection How to configure Motion DetectionClick Motion Detection in the Event Config menu Port status Object Size Users System optionsSecurity IP Address Filter Https Ieee Authentication process Radius Date & time Axis 243Q Blade System options CA servers Services Basic TCP/IP settingsIPv4 and IPv6 Address Configuration Network DNS configuration Host Name Configuration Network traffic Link-Local IPv4 addressNAT traversal port mapping for IPv4 Smtp email QoS Quality of serviceQoS Settings Ports & devices UPnPBonjour Support Overview MaintenanceSupport System Overview Access Log The Access Log may be used for various purposes About Resetting to the factory default settings RS-485-A Terminal connectorPin Function Description Non-inverting 10o Schematic diagram I/O terminal connectorAxis 243Q Blade 11o RS-485 COM port Upgrading the firmware TroubleshootingChecking the firmware Emergency recovery procedure Server is inaccessible Axis 243Q Blade cannot be accessed from a web browserAlarms, to a destination outside the local network Video Image Problems Snapshot images Only I frames Technical specifications NTSC/PAL Maintenance Weight General performance considerations Optimizing your system Bandwidth Glossary Axis 243Q Blade Glossary Compression See Image compression De-interlacing See Interlacing Encoder See Video encoder Fixed iris See Autoiris An IP address consists of four groups or quads Megapixel See Pixel Axis 243Q Blade Glossary SSL/TSL An I-VOP is a complete image frame Index Factory default settings 49 firmwareLive view config Generic Http Generic TCP/IP Live View Video source Video streams 12, 14, 18 Viewer settings