Comments on: DCS-5300 Pan / Tilt / Digital Zoom Network Camera http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/ Because you can observe a lot just by watching. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:40:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Bob Brown http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-28507 Bob Brown Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:33:30 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-28507 I will add that you can view the jpg image from the camera by doing /cgi-bin/video.jpg To view this using Firefox I create the page in php and append a timestamp to avoid caching with the username and password prepended. http://username:password@192.168.0.20/cgi-bin/video.jpg?size=2&cidx=< ?php echo time(); ?> I have used the JW Image Rotator ( http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_Image_Rotator ) as a way to cycle through several camera images, and it can just keep loading one camera image. For stability issues where a camera may not respond quickly I have made a jpg proxy which uses cURL and GD to either grab and proxy the image or to create an error image to keep the script from freaking out. I will add that you can view the jpg image from the camera by doing /cgi-bin/video.jpg

To view this using Firefox I create the page in php and append a timestamp to avoid caching with the username and password prepended.
http://username:password@192.168.0.20/cgi-bin/video.jpg?size=2&cidx=< ?php echo time(); ?>

I have used the JW Image Rotator ( http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_Image_Rotator ) as a way to cycle through several camera images, and it can just keep loading one camera image.

For stability issues where a camera may not respond quickly I have made a jpg proxy which uses cURL and GD to either grab and proxy the image or to create an error image to keep the script from freaking out.

]]> By: Bob Brown http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-28482 Bob Brown Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:44:28 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-28482 And it isn't really just IE that it needs. It needs ActiveX. If you are running Safari or Opera on Windows then you would need something that did a similar task. If you are running this on Mac then you have a problem. I don't use Mac in my regular computer tasks, but the video just does not work on Mac. I just opened the page in IE 5.2 on an iBook running 10.2 and got no video. There may be something out there to make it work, but it won't do it out of the box. You will just need a cheap windows box for viewing. And it isn’t really just IE that it needs. It needs ActiveX.
If you are running Safari or Opera on Windows then you would need something that did a similar task.

If you are running this on Mac then you have a problem. I don’t use Mac in my regular computer tasks, but the video just does not work on Mac. I just opened the page in IE 5.2 on an iBook running 10.2 and got no video. There may be something out there to make it work, but it won’t do it out of the box.

You will just need a cheap windows box for viewing.

]]> By: Cole Slaw http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-28373 Cole Slaw Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:38:22 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-28373 What if I want to view this camera using a Macintosh? I think you have to have IE in order to view the camera. IETab still uses the Internet Exploder rendering engine, it's just wrapped in a Firefox shell. I want to view this camera in Safari or Opera. How can I accomplish this? What if I want to view this camera using a Macintosh? I think you have to have IE in order to view the camera. IETab still uses the Internet Exploder rendering engine, it’s just wrapped in a Firefox shell. I want to view this camera in Safari or Opera. How can I accomplish this?

]]> By: Noah Laws http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-27691 Noah Laws Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:45:15 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-27691 Thank you immensely for the article, I've been trying for several hours to diagnose the issue with FF not being fed the ActiveX control for the streaming video on this camera. The IETab worked perfectly and since in my insetallation, all the cameras are accessed via one page and just fed variables for which camera to connect to, I only have to add one URL to the always list. Thanks again for the concise and clear information on this workaround, while eventually Dlink might get up to speed with the other popular browsers like Mozilla and FF Thank you immensely for the article, I’ve been trying for several hours to diagnose the issue with FF not being fed the ActiveX control for the streaming video on this camera. The IETab worked perfectly and since in my insetallation, all the cameras are accessed via one page and just fed variables for which camera to connect to, I only have to add one URL to the always list.

Thanks again for the concise and clear information on this workaround, while eventually Dlink might get up to speed with the other popular browsers like Mozilla and FF

]]> By: Bob Brown http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-2038 Bob Brown Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:11:25 +0000 http://blog.osministry.com/2006/12/19/dcs-5300-pan-tilt-digital-zoom-network-camera/#comment-2038 An extra note on this topic. I have been testing out video size options and I believe we will be sticking with a non-standard option. The person monitoring through the camera wants the large image size, but at that resolution the frame rate drops to 10 frames per second. With a change of the resolution to the median size you can achieve a 30 fps frame rate. Since I am using my own camera page I have kept the resolution set to the large size and while it does have a lower quality it is a fair trade off for the greater responsiveness. An extra note on this topic.

I have been testing out video size options and I believe we will be sticking with a non-standard option. The person monitoring through the camera wants the large image size, but at that resolution the frame rate drops to 10 frames per second. With a change of the resolution to the median size you can achieve a 30 fps frame rate. Since I am using my own camera page I have kept the resolution set to the large size and while it does have a lower quality it is a fair trade off for the greater responsiveness.

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