Live video feed on my website

[KathCT 0]

Hello!

We want to install a 16-camera system in a new business.

We need to embed and stream the video feed from some of those cameras on our website. Visitors to the site need to be able to see the images without a username and password.

We have been given proposals for two different systems, but no one can assure us that we will be able to do what we want. The camera installer says it will be our website programmer's responsibility, and the programmer says the camera installer needs to give him some code.

The systems proposed are:

• Digimerge 16 channel DVR
  Digital Watchdog 16 channel DVR

We have done this before in another business with a Geovision DVR card (the results can be viewed at caninekindergarten.com). Unfortunately, we can no longer contact the guy who installed the cameras and also got them working on that website.

Does anyone know if these DVR systems proposed would be able to do what we want?

Any help would be appreciated.. we've been wrestling with this for months and are at an impasse. We don't want to spend $10k on a camera system to find out that it won't work on our website.

Kathleen

[rory 0]

Honestly, Axis typically has the most options for browser based cctv cameras.

You could use any DVR then just loop out for the cameras you want into an Axis video server.

Though there is the extra cost of the Axis server.

 

Otherwise, if it has an activeX you can embed that into any web page with your DVR's IP and login set into the params, or do an Iframe and put the DVR's web address as the source. If its only activeX though then only IE or a browser with IE plugins will work.

 

Not sure how you have the existing site setup as cant access the webcam right now.

But here is another example of Geovision activeX embedded into an external webpage

http://www.bahamassecurity.com/webcam/

 

I dont know anything about the DVRs mentioned.

[Soundy 1]

You can access the MJPEG stream from IQEye cameras directly from a URL - I'll PM you a link.

[KathCT 0]

Rory, thanks so much for pointing me towards a possible solution. We wouldn't mind the additional cost of the Axis server if it gives us the functionality we need. I am going to try to contact them tomorrow to ask some questions.

Do you think performance (speed) would take a hit if the video is looped through another device in this way?

[Birdman Adam 0]

Yes, it should be easy enough for the website guy to put an iframe with the DVR's viewing page into the website. Your programmer could even copy the viewing code from the page the DVR serves up and host it on the website. Should still work with a bit of tweaking. Most DVRs will only be viewable from IE browsers (if they use Active-X).

 

Rory if you are quick with the Stop button in your browser you can view the cameras past the viewing hours.