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 Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:34 am Post subject: Black Box were the video should be... |
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We have a production Ureal live server with 219 IP cameras defined using IPCamSourceVideo, no problems. Adding additional cameras to the production server only shows a black box with a thin line at the top that changes as the JPEG image changes. The full JPEG image is not shown in the Video Parms preview box or from the Media server out to te web page.
Adding the cameras on a test server with less cameras shows the images properly. CPU untilization on the production server is one to two percent and memory utilization is low. The snapshot URL JPEG image from the JVC VN-C215 camera can be viewed in both IE and Netscape without any issues on the production server as does the supplied viewer in the camera's onboard web page. Total number of IP cameras defined to the production server is now 250 with 220 to 250 showing a black box. Updating IPCamSourceVideo to latest version did not resolve the issue. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Adding additional cameras to the production server only shows a black box with a thin line at the top that changes as the JPEG image changes. The full JPEG image is not shown in the Video Parms preview box or from the Media server out to te web page |
Are you sure you add additional cameras correctly?
You should be able to have up to 255 live sources on a single Live Server,
so number 220 should go OK.
What if you add source # 220 identical as 219?
I still suspect cameras 220-250 are just entered incorrectly; may be they are unaccessible from production server but accessible from test server?
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bstermer
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, the cameras have been added correctly and the server has access to the cameras. The IPCAM init string was tested on the test server using the preview box and then the init string was cut and pasted into the production box but the preview did not work. we are able to see the cameras using IE from the server with no troubles, they just will not preview or stream properly. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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What if you save file "ULiveMediaGrabber.config" (in the installation forlder of live server) aside - just cut it form there and paste somewhere else.
Then restart config program. No live sources should appear - empty config.
Add these cameras now. Do they work?
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bstermer
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Nope, same error. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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So, what do we conclude?
It's not a problem of "number 220-250".
These cameras just don't work with IPCamSourceVideo on this particular computer - I know they do on your test computer, but not on this.
Can you see them in Windows Media Player on this computer?
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bstermer
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, they work fine using Windows Media Player 10 with the IPCAM init string. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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So even preview in Live Config doesn't work?
But same init string works in WMP?
Very strange indeed. Sounds like MJPEG decoder problem.
What JPEG image size do these cameras provide?
Do you have any bundled codec packs installed on the is computer?
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bstermer
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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The cameras are Axis model 206M and JVC model VN-C215 at 640x480.
Changing the resolution to 640x360 on the Axis devices has fixed their problem. Still working on the JVC cams.... |
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