LC use for Wifi Camera monitoring ?

[liveme]

Hi,
I'm using a wifi network connected camera, is there some way to build a basic monitoring view utility with LC if the only camera provided Apps are for Android and Windows ?
(ezviz model if ever helpfull)
Thanks

[mrcoollion]

If the Wi-Fi Cam can be accessed with a browser you might be able to use LC.

Regards,

Paul

[bogs]

If the Wi-Fi Cam can be accessed with a browser

It is usually a little more involved than that Paul. The current camera systems are usually able to be connected too through a browser, however, the browser has to be able to either -
download and run a plugin, usually windows (or sometimes mac) specific. This is the larger problem (if your running 'nix for instance, or even mac in some cases).
be able to deal with ftp or rtsp if unable to download and run the plugin provided, and you would still need a player object to play back the recorded clip (dependant on the cameras avaiable recording format).
most cameras are using onvif for access these days as well.

Current systems sometimes *do* offer you a choice on recording format, where previous generations almost to a maker would only record in... let's say, less accessible formats that required proprietary players to view.

As far as tackling an Onvif system, this is a pretty good overview of what you would need to do to create a program to access a stream, either from a single camera or a NVR -
https://cercis.org/software/creating-a- ... meras.crcs

Since the actual stuff you need to read and access is usually XML based, aside from actually displaying the video I'm not sure you couldn't do it using Lc, but since I don't do a lot with XML, I hope the link above might be able to clarify it for you since I can not.

[liveme]

Thanks Guys,

Hmmm, been trying to acces the Brand video monitoring "browser acces page" but,... as of now, I couldnt, login/pw was required but somehow, I still could not access it. This company offering several paid plans beside, and I dont know yet if I m allowed 1 free access or not, that maybe why.
(I have not contacted them yet about that)

yes, I have no clue about the "live" video signal and what pluggin it would require, but thanks for all suggestions.

It happens that I've been using the free utility IRIUN (And/IOs/W/L/M) to connnect my smartphone camera to my Linux workstation through wifi and it was very straightforward (10 seconds !) on a 5Mhz wifi.
Still you had to install the App both on Phone and PC and one more step to accept the connection on your smartphone - which I obviously "can t accept" on the camera itself...so I was thinking that maybe some other utility could skip the connection agreement step to the camera... .
*though it would also mean a security breach in its usage in itself"

Hopping to find a workarround...somehow
The camera signal is very good, and its usage very practical as long as its in the wifi range..

[bogs]

Perhaps give Xeoma a try?