Axis Communications user manual Introduction, Features and Benefits, AXIS 250S User’s Manual

AXIS 250S User’s Manual Introduction 5

Introduction

The AXIS 250S MPEG-2 Video Server is a one-port MPEG-2 video server that allows real-time compression and transmission of DVD quality MPEG-2 video streams over a TCP/IP network (LAN). The video stream uses approximately a third of the bandwidth required by a Motion-JPEG stream.

The AXIS 250S includes all of the required networking connectivity for distributing analog video over the network. The built-in Web server provides its own application page for direct viewing of the video stream, as well as full web-based control of the management and configuration functions. All of this can be accessed from a browser over the network. TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP and other Internet-related protocols are supported.

The AXIS 250S MPEG-2 Video Server

Features and Benefits

Complete & independent - The AXIS 250S runs independently of any other server and, apart from a camera and audio equipment, requires no other hardware. To view live video streams and configure the product over the network, all that is needed is Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, Microsoft Media Player, and DirectX®. These components are all included with Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP. Please see page 11 for the exact versions required. Microsoft Media Player is used with the AXIS MPEG-2 Viewer (included) to view the video stream. The product includes one encoder and three decoder (viewing) licenses. TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP and other Internet-related protocols are supported.

Superior Imaging - MPEG-2 hardware compression and transmission technology uses approximately 1/3 of the bandwidth required by a Motion-JPEG stream of comparative quality. The video stream can be viewed by up to 3 clients on a LAN and full frame rate (25/30 frames per second) is assured, provided that bandwidth is available. Available image resolutions are: 720x576 or 352x288 (PAL) and 720x480, 352x240 (NTSC). The bit rate is configurable. Support for high performance video cards with hardware acceleration on clients.