Axis Communications Version 3 manual Table of Contents

Video Streaming API

Table of Contents

1	Overview			6
	1.1	Description		6
	1.2	1.1.1	References	6
		Unknown Arguments		6
2 Video Streaming Over HTTP				7
	2.1	Prerequisites		7
	2.2	2.1.1	Identification	7
		Common Examples		7
	2.3	Image Resolution		7
		2.3.1	Image Resolution Request	7
	2.4	2.3.2	Image Resolution Response	8
		Video Status		9
		2.4.1	Video Status Request	9
	2.5	2.4.2	Video Status Response	9
		Bitmap		10
		2.5.1	Bitmap Image Request	10
		2.5.2	Bitmap Image Response	10
	2.6	JPEG/Motion JPEG		11
		2.6.1 JPEG Image (Snapshot) CGI Request		11
		2.6.2	JPEG Image Response	11
		2.6.3 Motion JPEG Video CGI Request		12
	2.7	2.6.4 Motion JPEG Video Response		13
3		Image Request Arguments		13
	RTSP API			15
	3.1	Prerequisites		15
	3.2	3.1.1	Identification	15
		RTSP Commands		15
		3.2.1	Request Syntax	15
		3.2.2	Response Syntax	16
		3.2.3	RTSP DESCRIBE	16
		3.2.4 SDP Media Attribute Transform		17
		3.2.5	RTSP OPTIONS	18
		3.2.6	RTSP SETUP	18
		3.2.7	RTSP PLAY	19
		3.2.8	RTSP PAUSE	20
		3.2.9	RTSP TEARDOWN	21
	3.3	3.2.10	RTSP SET_PARAMETER	21
		RTSP Over HTTP		22
	3.4	3.3.1	Network Parameters	23
		Parameter Specification RTSP URL		23
	3.5	Error Messages RTSP		26
4	3.6	RTCP	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	26
	Always Multicast			27
	4.1	Prerequisites		27
	4.2	4.1.1	Identification	27
		SDP	Request. . . . . . .SDP. . . URL	27
		4.2.1		27
5		4.2.2	Response SDP URL	27
	Stream Profiles			28
	5.1	Prerequisites		28
	5.2	5.1.1	Identification	28
		Common Examples		28
	5.3	Stream Profile Parameters		29
	5.4	Motion JPEG Video Request		30

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