Remote access on ACTI KCM-5611 via Iphone

[bigglebowski 0]

Anybody have some recommendations on how to view live camera from the Internet on the KCM-5611? The iphone app by acti called camerago! is great, but only works locally. The app Mobilego works great but that would require a PC running the NVR software. I understand the camerago! app was meant for aiming the camera when first hanging it but why in the hell could they not have made the app work remotely too???

 

Acti has a KB for this and tells you to set some low FPS, quality and MJPEG and gives the URL: http://ip:port/cgi-bin/cmd/encoder?GET_STREAM

This does work but I noticed that it does not seem to load fast enough on wifi even with 1FPS, 640x480, quality < 20. I have an OSD timer on the stream and you never see it change unless you stop and reload the page, all the while the downloading icon is spinning on the iphone. On firefox, on a PC it does work a little better, but then you could just use IE and get the full experience.

 

When testing locally the camerago! app seems to stream the frames just fine and you see the clock tick away.

 

Is there a better app for this or a better method to access a stream outside of IE or via the NVR software.

[buellwinkle 0]

I use a free Android app, IPCamViewer that works fine remotely with ACTi cameras. Also, I can see the cameras and recordings that are on the NVR server remotely via IE Browser, works very well. Did you setup your port forwarding for the NVR or for each camera?

[bigglebowski 0]

There does not seem to be an IPCamViewer, but there was one called iCamViewer that does seem to work ok with this Acti. Thanks

 

Again using their NVR app accessing a camera works great on iphone and you can do playback. Just wanted an app that could access the camera if it was without an NVR running. Have a situation in mind where live view would be the primary feature. Obviously using the PC is the way to go, but people today want their phone to do it all.

[MaxIcon 0]

IP Cam Viewer Lite:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rcreations.ipcamviewer&hl=en

 

Pro:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rcreations.WebCamViewerPaid&hl=en

 

There are also iPhone versions of the same. It's my favorite, by far.

[bigglebowski 0]

Max, thanks for the recommendation. I did not see a lite version on the app store but for $4 you cant really go wrong with the pro one. It even has zoom feature built in, very nice.