Axis 24533R3 Operation & User’s Manual

This manual is intended for administrators and users of the AXIS cameras and servers that want more detailed information about configuring the AXIS Media Control. Intellectual Property Rights Axis AB has intellectual property rights relating to technology embodied in the product described in this document. In particular, and without limitation, these intellectual property rights may include one or more of the patents listed at htt ...

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an ActiveX component that enables live video to be viewed in a Web browser. Administrator or Operator rights are required to install and use AMC. Table 1: Technical Requirements M-JPEG MPEG Internet Browser Internet Explorer 6.0 or later Internet Explorer 6.0 or later Operating System Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Windows 2000 ...

Installing AMC If you are logged in and have Administrator rights to your computer, AMC will be installed when you access an Axis camera or video server for the first time, or when a newer version of the AMC is required by the Axis camera or video server. Note: A system administrator may also allow other types of users to install and update AMC. If you have a problem installing AMC, please see you system administrator. 1. Start t ...

If you want to hear or transmit audio from your Axis camera over your network or over the Internet, and your hardware supports AAC audio, you will need to install an AAC decoder. 1. To start the installation, select the Click here to install or upgrade the MPEG-4 and AAC Decoder link in the Live View page as shown in the figure below. 2. Read through the MPEG license agreement that appears, and if you agree to the conditions ...

complete the installation. Removing an AAC Decoder To remove the decoder: 1. Open the C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files folder. 2. Right-click the file CAxAacDec Class and select Remove. (1) (3) (2) ...

If you want to view the live video from your Axis camera over your network or over the Internet, you will need to install an MPEG-4 decoder. Note: A system administrator may prevent users from installing and updating the MPEG-4 decoder. If you have a problem installing the MPEG-4 decoder, please see you system administrator. 1. To start the installation, select the Click here to install or upgrade the MPEG-4 and AAC Decod ...

To remove the decoder: 3. Open the C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files folder. 4. Right-click the file CAxMP4Dec Class and select Remove. ...

Windows Media Format Runtime (WMFR) is used to create a high-definition Windows Media Video files. This is the file format AMC uses to store recorded video. For more information see the Recording Tab. If WMFR is not already installed on your computer when you install AMC, you will be prompted to install it. Note: WMFR is included in Windows XP SP2, and will automatically be installed when you download and inst ...

server, will have general controls for playing or stopping the media stream. The Live View page may also have other controls depending on the Axis product and how it has been configured in the Setup page. This section gives a description of all the AMC controls. General Controls There are AMC controls that are common to all cameras. The P ...

image other than its exact center and the camera will move so that the point you clicked on becomes the new center of the image. Emulated Joystick Mode If you select Emulate Joystick Mode, the camera moves in the direction of the mouse pointer. If you click and hold down on the left mouse button, and then point your cursor ...

The AMC Control Panel is used to configure AMC. The figure below, General Tab, shows the different parts of AMC that can be configured such as audio and PTZ, for example. The sections below describe each of these AMC tabs and how to configure AMC. Open the AMC Control Panel by clicking Start > Settings > Control Panel > Axis Media Control. Depending on which camera you are using, you will have either some or all of the following ta ...

browser (Click View > Refresh). Timeout Timeout is the maximum time (seconds) that AMC will attempt to connect to an Axis product before displaying an error message. The maximum timeout is 999 seconds; the default is 15 seconds. Reconnection Strategy If for any reason AMC looses its connection with your Axis camera, a Reconnection Strategy ...

AMC will use one of the protocols listed above depending on your network environment. It will try each protocol in the order you specify and use the one that works best. The default setting is shown in the figure above, but you can either deselect a protocol or change the order AMC uses to select a protocol, by highlighting a protocol and clicking Move Up and Move Down. ...

your browser (Click View > Refresh). Recording Folder Specify the recording folder where recordings will be stored when the recording button is clicked. The default recording folder is My Documents\AXIS Media Control – Recordings. This folder will be created if it does not already exist. If you want to save your recording to another ...

recording after and set the number of minutes, or seconds for your recording. Or to conserve storage space, you can limit your recording to a specific size measured in megabytes. Windows Media Format Runtime If you have not already installed WMFR, you will not be able to record and the Recording tab will appear as the example below. To ...

your browser (Click View > Refresh). Snapshot folder Specify the snapshot folder where snapshot images will be stored (when the Snapshot button is clicked). The default snapshot folder is My Documents\AXIS Media Control - Snapshots. This folder will be created if it does not already exist. If you want to save your snapshot to another fo ...

Note that any changes you make in this tab will only take effect after you refresh the web page showing your Axis camera (Click View > Refresh). Start Settings Mute speakers – Turn off the sound from your PC's speakers. Mute microphone – Turn off the sound from your PC's microphone. Audio buffering – The audio buffer size can be adj ...