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In Axxon PSIM, you can get a video via HTTP protocol from specific web cameras, allowing you to view a video in a web browser at a through the known HTTP address. You can get a video from both a single-thread and multi-thread cameras camera (up to four threads)both methods are described below. MJPEG and MPEG2 codecs are supported.

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You can use VLC Media Player to check if To check the ability of getting a video from these cameras can be received in in Axxon PSIM, you can use VLC Media Player.  If you can get a video in VLC, it is also available in Axxon PSIM.

To add a the device streaming that transmits a video via the HTTP protocol, do the following:

  1. Create the Video capture device object on the basis of the Computer object on the Hardware tab of the System settings dialog window (1).
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  2. From the Type drop-down list (2), select WebPlayer.
  3. From the Model drop-down list (3), select Generic camera.
  4. From the Firmware drop-down list (4), select auto.
  5. In the IP address field (5), specify the address to get a video from a web camera. Any format of IP address is possible. Do not Don't use the URL at through which video viewing a video in the browser is available as the address, ; use the address of the video stream that is streamed displayed on a such page. Sometimes you can find it can be found in the source code of the page. 
    Examples of addresses:
    http://81.25.231.7:28080/stream/live
    http://root:1@10.0.40.248:80/mjpg/1/video.mjpgthe address to get a video from an the Axis camera that supports video streaming transmitting in the corresponding format.
  6. Click the Apply button (6).
  7. Create the Camera object on the basis of the created Video capture device object.
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  8. Click the Apply button.

The Adding the device streaming that transmits a video via the HTTP protocol is now addedcomplete.


To add a device with multiple channels, do the following:

  1. Create the Video capture device object on the basis of the Computer object on the Hardware tab of the System settings dialog window (1).
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  2. From the Type drop-down list (2), select WebPlayer.
  3. From the Model drop-down list (3), select 4 channel IP server.
  4. From the Firmware drop-down list (4), select auto.
  5. In the IP address field (5), specify the address to get a video from a multichannel camera. Note the following:
    1. you You must list addresses with using the “|” character for different channels;
    2. there There can be four channels maximum;
    3. you You can list addresses of different threads for one channel with using a semicolon;
    4. do not Don't use the URL at through which video viewing a video in the browser is available as the address, ; use the address of the video streams that is streamed are displayed on a such page. 
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      Example of an IP address for an the Axis 2400 camera with two channels:

      http://192.168.3.157/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=1|http://192.168.3.157/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=2

      The Here, the URL format used here—httpis used—http://<ip>/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=<channel>, where <channel> is the number of a channel starting from 1.

  6. Click the Apply button (6).
  7. Create the Camera object on the basis of the created Video capture device object.
  8. Click the Apply button.

Adding a the multichannel device using the WebPlayer driver is complete.