rdelgado

Hello, I need help and I wish to know if you can help me. I am trying to use a AVTECH 211 IP Camera for research purposes and I am trying to get the image from the camera using Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) but I can't get any image from the camera. It seems that it requires some sort of Quicktime plug but Linux is not compatible. I wonder if it is possible to use that camera on Linux, or if there are any APIs that I could use to make it work under Linux. I hope you could help me. Thank you very much!

Well, I don't know exactly what I did, but the camera started working. I can see the image on the screen. I've found out that this camera uses a rtsp protocol to show the video, and it always ask for authentication to show the image. ¿Do you know if there is some way to deactivate authentication? Not to the web program that brings the camera, but to the rtsp. I'va also seen that there is a lot of delay in the camera's image. Almost 3 seconds of delay. Too bad. Thanks!

Hi, thanks! I tried installing both VLC and Iced Tea but still have no image. I am not sure if the Java plugin is working fine but I'll check. I wish there is some APIs for this camera, so I can access the images from a Java o C++ custom made program. I'll keep posting any advance.

Hi, Thanks again. Sorry, but, uninstall what? I haven't installed anything. And the set-up disk only works for Windows. Since I am using Linux there is nothing to install. I just opened a web browser and typed the Default IP from the camera, and I can see the camera's menu but there is no image in the camera's display screen. In windows, the camera uses a Quicktime plug in to see the image, but that is not possible on Linux. Because of that, I need alternate access to the cameras image from Linux. Thanks.

Hi, Thanks for the responses. I've downloaded a file from the AVTECH website called arm-linux-2.6 and it has 2 directories but I don't know what those are. I can't find any APIs or way of getting to the camera's image. There are no instructions in those files so I don't know what to do with them. Guess I'll have to keep trying find some help.