Axis Communications Version 3

VideoStreamingAPI

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1Overview

1.1Description

Thisdocumentexplainsthebasicargumentsandparameterstosend,receiveandcongureavideostreamusingHTTPorRTSPrequests.

1.1.1References

AllVAPIX®referencesareavailableat:

http://www.axis.com/vapix

1.2UnknownArguments

Ifanunknownargumentisrequested,forexampleifanargumentismisspelleditwillbeignoredbythebuilt-inserverintheAxis

product.Thatmeansthatnoresponsefeedbackwillbegiven.

Contents

Main COPYRIGHTNOTICE VAPIXLICENSEAGREEMENT Page TableofContents Page Page 2VideoStreamingOverHTTP 2.1Prerequisites 2.1.1Identication 2.2CommonExamples 2.3ImageResolution 2.3.2ImageResolutionResponse 2.4VideoStatus 2.4.1VideoStatusRequest 2.4.2VideoStatusResponse 2.5Bitmap 2.5.1BitmapImageRequest 2.5.2BitmapImageResponse 2.6JPEG/MotionJPEG 2.6.1JPEGImage(Snapshot)CGIRequest 2.6.2JPEGImageResponse 2.6.3MotionJPEGVideoCGIRequest 2.6.4MotionJPEGVideoResponse 2.7ImageRequestArguments Page 3RTSPAPI 3.1Prerequisites 3.1.1Identication 3.2RTSPCommands 3.2.1RequestSyntax 3.2.2ResponseSyntax 3.2.3RTSPDESCRIBE 3.2.4SDPMediaAttributeTransform 3.2.5RTSPOPTIONS 3.2.6RTSPSETUP 3.2.7RTSPPLAY 3.2.8RTSPPAUSE 3.2.9RTSPTEARDOWN 3.2.10RTSPSET_PARAMETER 3.3RTSPOverHTTP 3.3.1NetworkParameters 3.4ParameterSpecicationRTSPURL Page Page 3.5ErrorMessagesRTSP 3.6RTCP 4AlwaysMulticast 4.1Prerequisites 4.1.1Identication 4.2SDP 4.2.1RequestSDPURL 5StreamProles 5.1Prerequisites 5.1.1Identication 5.2CommonExamples 5.3StreamProleParameters 5.4MotionJPEGVideoRequest 5.5RTSPRequest