Need software for my IP Camera, usual stuff wont work ?

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Combat squirrel

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As title got a cheap IP cam off ebay, it works fine if I type in the ip address in my internet browser, presents a webpage with a view of what the cam can see in a window and + - darkness on left and 640x480, 320x240 res options on left also.........thats all fine and dandy, however iv tried to connect this to webcamXP5 and IP camera super client and netcam center but NON of them work :mad:

Closest iv got is webcamXP5 telling me:

'Received : <HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#C4CEEF"></BODY>
</HTML>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#C4CEEF"></BODY>
</HTML>
'

Oddness, it must not be going for the 'image stream'

Any ideas?

The camera model is a Net-FY588
 
Usually the camera needs to be supported by the software manufacturer as each camera manufacture uses a different method for serving video streams. We use Milestone XProtect for our installs at work and they support a wide range of cameras, however they are all named-brand cameras rather than no-names.

It's worth downloading the XProtect Go version which is free for up to 8 cameras (although limited in features) and trying the camera detection wizard to see if it picks yours up with any of the drivers it has built in - it's a long shot but worth a try :)
 
Thanks for that, its odd though, it DOES stream so its working I just need to somehow get it to ignore the HTML and jump straight to the 'image' stream, it appears to be refreshing jpgs in a stream for the video section.
 
If you can give me a link to the live stream I could try and dig out the streaming source if you want from the HTML.
 
I mean that if you look at the HTML source from your browser you should be able to find the direct link to the image stream, which you might have more luck with if you give that address to some webcam software. If you know how to get to the HTML source (right click on the page within your browser) then try pasting that here as a starter.

You could set-up port forwarding to (temporarily) allow people from outside your network to access the camera.
 
Just the webpage without the menu is:

http://192.168.0.139/viwx.html

containing this:

<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="0">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache">
<TITLE></TITLE></HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#EFEFFF" TEXT="#ffffff" LINK="#ffffff" VLINK="#ffffff" ALINK="#ffffff" TOPMARGIN="0" LEFTMARGIN="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" MARGINWIDTH="0">

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="nphControlCamera" TARGET="Message">

<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN="center" BGCOLOR="#1961df"><FONT FACE="Arial" STYLE="font-size:11px" COLOR="#ffffff">ipHomeCamera</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>

<TD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">var isopen = 1174975860;
var timerval=60;
function loadnextimage(){
isopen++;

tmpimage.src="image.jpg?cachebust="+isopen+"&a=0";
}

function setuptimer(){
setTimeout("loadnextimage()", timerval); }

var isopen=Math.round(1000000+(Math.random() * 1000000)); tmpimage = new Image(); var first = 1;
function doimage() { document.images.webcam.src=tmpimage.src;
setuptimer();
}
function firstimage() { if (first == 1) { first=0; isopen++; tmpimage.onload=doimage; tmpimage.onerror=doimage; tmpimage.src="image.jpg?cachebust="+isopen+"&a=0"; } }
document.write('<A HREF="image.jpg" target=_blank><IMG border=0 SRC="image.jpg?cachebust='+isopen+'&a=0" name=webcam onload="firstimage()"></A>');
</SCRIPT>
</TD>

</TR>

<tr>
<td class="button" height="32" align="center" bgcolor="#D0E1F5">
<input type="button" width="75" value="Refresh" class="btnNormal" onClick="document.location.reload()"></td>
</tr>

</TABLE>
</FORM>
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" style="padding-left: 10px;">
</TABLE>

</BODY>
</HTML>
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If I type this:

http://192.168.0.139/image.jpg

I just get '1 frame' still image if that makes sense,

If I view image info I get this:

http://192.168.0.139/image.jpg?cachebust=1256320&a=0



any help ? :confused:
 
If you keep refreshing any of those two links you posted above I assume it keeps updating with the latest live image?

If so, try this with webcamXP:
  1. Right click on a source and go to PCI / USB (WDM Driver)
  2. Select IP Camera [JPEG/MJPEG]
  3. Right click on the source again and go to 'source settings'.
  4. Select 'Raw URL Mode'
  5. Type http://192.168.0.139/image.jpg into the box (if that doesn't work try the other URL you posted)
  6. Set up the username/password and FPS etc based on your camera's support
  7. Make sure you select save before you click ok.
  8. Restart webcamXP (mine didn't update until I restarted)



If that does work, see if MJPEG mode works (go back to the source settings and tick it, next to the Raw URL)
 
Pho said:
If you keep refreshing any of those two links you posted above I assume it keeps updating with the latest live image?

If so, try this with webcamXP:
  1. Right click on a source and go to PCI / USB (WDM Driver)
  2. Select IP Camera [JPEG/MJPEG]
  3. Right click on the source again and go to 'source settings'.
  4. Select 'Raw URL Mode'
  5. Type http://192.168.0.139/image.jpg into the box (if that doesn't work try the other URL you posted)
  6. Set up the username/password and FPS etc based on your camera's support
  7. Make sure you select save before you click ok.
  8. Restart webcamXP (mine didn't update until I restarted)



If that does work, see if MJPEG mode works (go back to the source settings and tick it, next to the Raw URL)
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ok awes that got somewhere, it displays a still image now from the cam, but just one image. If I use URL:

http://192.168.0.139/image.jpg?cachebust=1256320&a=0

It updates the screen like once every minute :confused:

Hmm what to do now ?


EDIT: I pressed the security centre button and that seems to feed a live feed from the camera where as the normal window doesnt really move or only seems to update on movement ? im not sure ?? im now using URL:

http://192.168.0.139/image.jpg?
 
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I'm not too sure with the movement thing, I guess it's either a feature of your camera or a feature of your recording software. I guess once you get a live feed working you can worry about that :D.

So does using http://192.168.0.139/image.jpg? work as a live feed in the browser, but not as a live feed in the software?
 
Pho said:
I'm not too sure with the movement thing, I guess it's either a feature of your camera or a feature of your recording software. I guess once you get a live feed working you can worry about that :D.

So does using http://192.168.0.139/image.jpg? work as a live feed in the browser, but not as a live feed in the software?
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In the software 'normal view' as in the normal screen it updates like every min or so, but if I press the 'security centre' button it becomes a live feed, but I need it in normal mode.

Also I cannot see any options to recored on motion detection ? The closest I can find is 'auto gallery' that just takes pics at set intervals ?
 
Hmm. Did you try MJPEG mode instead?

Looks like motion detection is on the security section:
jqqaL.png
 
Yeah, according to their site you need the pro version. You can get a pro trial, might be worth giving it a shot to see if it works for you?
 
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