DVR Remote Playback using Mozilla Firefox

[missmimi 0]

Hi everyone,

 

My client is using Linux instead of Windows based system for their company and they only use Mozilla Firefox. They would like to remotely playback the cctv recordings. We've tried using AVTECH AVC798A but we can only view the videos but could not playback. Is there any other DVR that could playback remotely using Mozilla Firefox?

Please help! Thanks...

[Soundy 1]

If you can sell him on a PC-based system, Video Insight will work with pretty much every browser out there, PC or mobile. www.demovi.com (I'm watching it right now on Chrome).

[jjsafeware 0]

have you tried it on linux Chrome?

[Soundy 1]

I don't have any Linux machines running right now... try it yourself with the link above.

 

No reason it shouldn't work though...

[thewireguys 3]

Look at www.Exacq.com works on Linux, Windows, Mac, every web browser and web phones. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[missmimi 0]

Hi Soundy,

 

Viewed the link but there were no playback button. Are you able to playback remotely using Firefox? Thanks..

Edited May 5, 2010 by Guest

[missmimi 0]

Look at http://www.Exacq.com works on Linux, Windows, Mac, every web browser and web phones. Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Hi thewireguys, is this link for IP cameras only? My customer is using analog cameras. Is there any standalone DVR which is able to remotely playback using Firefox? Thanks..

[thewireguys 3]

http://www.exacq.com/products/exacqvisionEL.html

 

You can also use IP encoders with a NVR for analog cameras.

[rory 0]

On the Video Insight link, click events.

though I think those are all IP cameras/servers.

 

Have you tried Wine with your DVR playback software?

[missmimi 0]

On the Video Insight link, click events.

though I think those are all IP cameras/servers.

 

Have you tried Wine with your DVR playback software?

 

Hi Rory,

 

What do you mean by "Wine"?

Thanks..

[rory 0]

Hi Rory,

 

What do you mean by "Wine"?

Thanks..

 

Not as in the drink ...

wine is application virtualization, for Linux or Mac (Unix).

Please note I am no expert on Linux or Mac, just been working with them lately to try and get things to work for me and a couple clients.

 

Basically this is one way to run Windows programs on a Unix based Operating system - some programs will ofcourse fail to work for one reason or another, mostly due to a missing dependency file (something that is normally installed with Windows but is not included Wine and the user did not add it in themselves), or in the case of video related programs it might have issues due to directX or video card/display driver problems, not native to its Unix Operating system. If it is just a dependency related issue you could find out what those files are and manually copy them to the wine folders. Additionally Wine has its own registry.

 

In the case of Linux you would goto the Software library and search for Wine then install it.

Then in some cases you can just run the Windows Program Installer (or even just the EXE) and it may install properly and work great. One example of something that does install and run, probably due to it being a Microsoft product and including all the dependency files, is Microsoft Office 2003. I was even able to create desktop shortcuts with their Icons. It actually worked great on Ubtunu.

 

I created a thread related to this though it is mostly for Mac, which can be a little more difficult with Wine in some cases.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19615

 

this is also something for one of my own programs that I got working in Wine:

viewtopic.php?p=116003#p116003

 

There are issues with Wine and Video apps at least in my own experience, though I am no Wine expert .. but it still might be worth a try.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)

[missmimi 0]

Hi Rory,

 

What do you mean by "Wine"?

Thanks..

 

Not as in the drink ...

wine is application virtualization, for Linux or Mac (Unix).

Please note I am no expert on Linux or Mac, just been working with them lately to try and get things to work for me and a couple clients.

 

Basically this is one way to run Windows programs on a Unix based Operating system - some programs will ofcourse fail to work for one reason or another, mostly due to a missing dependency file (something that is normally installed with Windows but is not included Wine and the user did not add it in themselves), or in the case of video related programs it might have issues due to directX or video card/display driver problems, not native to its Unix Operating system. If it is just a dependency related issue you could find out what those files are and manually copy them to the wine folders. Additionally Wine has its own registry.

 

In the case of Linux you would goto the Software library and search for Wine then install it.

Then in some cases you can just run the Windows Program Installer (or even just the EXE) and it may install properly and work great. One example of something that does install and run, probably due to it being a Microsoft product and including all the dependency files, is Microsoft Office 2003. I was even able to create desktop shortcuts with their Icons. It actually worked great on Ubtunu.

 

I created a thread related to this though it is mostly for Mac, which can be a little more difficult with Wine in some cases.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19615

 

this is also something for one of my own programs that I got working in Wine:

viewtopic.php?p=116003#p116003

 

There are issues with Wine and Video apps at least in my own experience, though I am no Wine expert .. but it still might be worth a try.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)

 

 

Hi Rory,

Thank you so much for your help. I will try this out with my client on the AVTECH software.

Just wondering can you remotely playback your DVR from a Linux PC after installing wine?

This is the most important issue that I need to solve for my client.

Thanks again!

[rory 0]

Hi Rory,

Thank you so much for your help. I will try this out with my client on the AVTECH software.

Just wondering can you remotely playback your DVR from a Linux PC after installing wine?

This is the most important issue that I need to solve for my client.

Thanks again!

 

Hi, really I cant say as I have not tried AvTech playback with Wine in Linux, only way to know would be to try it. If the main app works though, most likely it will work, as I recall it just shows a copy of the DVR screen and sends controls to the DVR itself, as if you are there playing it back. The download and save video works different on the one I have, but uses the same software. Another alternative is to get Internet Explorer installed under wine, using Wine Tricks for example, then try it inside that. If it uses 100% java though then it should work in Linux without Wine. If it needs activeX then you would copy that to the wine system32 folder and register it using Wine's regsvr32, or create your own installer. Also there are a couple versions of AvTech software so it could differ. Scorpion should be better able to tell you what is what in that regard. Another issue to look at is Whether SUN Java needs to be installed and that could present issues with Wine. Which software version do you have, the Video Server version, E, S, etc? I have an older AvTech here I could test in Ubuntu .. or give me the IP by PM and I could test it from that (using Virtual Box and Ubuntu).

 

If you want to test it yourself without needing a Linux PC, then you could install Virtual Box (free) and download say the Ubuntu ISO and install that into a Virtual Box machine .. download wine inside that and then test away. Although I have found running Wine inside Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine can be very slow, perhaps due to both of them being some kind of emulation. But would depend on your PC, mine is not super fast.

[missmimi 0]

Hi Rory,

Thank you so much for your help. I will try this out with my client on the AVTECH software.

Just wondering can you remotely playback your DVR from a Linux PC after installing wine?

This is the most important issue that I need to solve for my client.

Thanks again!

 

Hi, really I cant say as I have not tried AvTech playback with Wine in Linux, only way to know would be to try it. If the main app works though, most likely it will work, as I recall it just shows a copy of the DVR screen and sends controls to the DVR itself, as if you are there playing it back. The download and save video works different on the one I have, but uses the same software. Another alternative is to get Internet Explorer installed under wine, using Wine Tricks for example, then try it inside that. If it uses 100% java though then it should work in Linux without Wine. If it needs activeX then you would copy that to the wine system32 folder and register it using Wine's regsvr32, or create your own installer. Also there are a couple versions of AvTech software so it could differ. Scorpion should be better able to tell you what is what in that regard. Another issue to look at is Whether SUN Java needs to be installed and that could present issues with Wine. Which software version do you have, the Video Server version, E, S, etc? I have an older AvTech here I could test in Ubuntu .. or give me the IP by PM and I could test it from that (using Virtual Box and Ubuntu).

 

If you want to test it yourself without needing a Linux PC, then you could install Virtual Box (free) and download say the Ubuntu ISO and install that into a Virtual Box machine .. download wine inside that and then test away. Although I have found running Wine inside Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine can be very slow, perhaps due to both of them being some kind of emulation. But would depend on your PC, mine is not super fast.

 

 

Hi Rory,

 

Thanks a lot for your explanation but my client would like to use network cameras now. If we use network cameras, does that mean that we can view the video surveillance through our PCs without having to go through Windows? I've not used network camera before this.