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Web Video Problem
By: StevenO
Rank: New Member
Topics: 13
From: MD and PA in USA
Added: 02/05/2008 - 01:55 AM

Trying to get web video running for a panasonic BL-C131A network camera. Searching around the internet found a document on the panasonic website giving the commands to configure and get snapshots and video from the camera. Tested the command for extracting a jpg snapshot in a web browser and it worked fine. Put the command in the web video camera url block, pressed test and the picture displayed. Pressed OK to return to the web video window and attempted to select use cam. The block never allows it to be activated.

Had it write a debug file and found:


16:06:20 CH 503: /current0.jpg
16:06:20 set cam nr from request /current0.jpg : 0
16:06:20 set cam cookie to 0
16:06:20 CH 503: internal
16:06:20 CH 503: processing internal request current.jpg
16:06:20 CH 503: closing
16:06:20 CH 503: ProcessRequest ended
16:06:20 CH 502: closed socket SendCallback
16:06:20 CH 503: closed socket SendCallback
16:06:20 CH 502 Process ended
16:06:20 CH 503 Process ended
16:06:23 write_config_camnr Web Video-1
16:06:23 Save cam.xml
16:06:23 Save vserver.xml
16:06:23 Save ftp.xml
16:06:23 Save localsave.xml
16:06:23 Save videosave.xml
16:06:23 Save caption.xml
16:06:24 checkboxcam changed True
16:06:24 Web Video-1 start
16:06:24 Failed to open cam Camera 3 Web Video-1
16:06:24 Strange: cam Camera 3 reports not active but is connected
16:06:24 vserver set frmvcx+vserverstruc
16:06:25 Camera 3 cam.active false, stop timergrabframe
16:06:32 WS 504: Waiting for connection
16:06:32 WS 504: New request
16:06:32 WS 504 waiting...
16:06:32 CH 504: new ClientHandler
16:06:32 WS 505: New request
16:06:32 WS 505: Waiting for connection
16:06:32 WS 505 waiting...
16:06:32 CH 505: new ClientHandler

Any ideas if I am doing something wrong?

AbelCam 2.2.3 1-29, OS XP SP2. Two Orbit AF currently running on the system.

Thanks,
Steven
By: sse
Rank: Forum Addict
Topics: 73
From: n/a
Added: 02/05/2008 - 06:28 PM

Hello Steven
thank you for your detailed report.

As far as I remember from my own experiments with the Panasonic camera, I had to include the resolution size in the URL.
What is the URL you were using?

Have you tried with the Network Camera Agent as well?
By: StevenO
Rank: New Member
Topics: 13
From: MD and PA in USA
Added: 02/06/2008 - 02:56 AM

The currrent cameras will allow you to specify with and without the resolution and quality. The full url would be http://domain.com/SnapshotJPEG?Resolution=320x240&Quality=Standard. Since I wasn't sure if the ? or & was causing problems I tried the full url and then without the &Quality=Standard and then without ?Resolution=320x240&Quality=Standard. All three worked in the abelcam web video camera url block when I pressed test and got a picture to show up.

Have not tried the network camera agent yet.
By: StevenO
Rank: New Member
Topics: 13
From: MD and PA in USA
Added: 02/10/2008 - 12:03 AM

Tried it with network camera agent and it worked. Would prefer to use the web video since I bought a license.

No other ideas on what to try?