Apex Classic Setup and Programming Guide v2.2 Page 71
EMBEDDING STREAMING VIDEO
The Dashboard has a special tile that is blank in the Unused
Tiles. This tile can be configured with a URL of any web cam
that can stream video in a
MJPEG format with a URL. USB web cams
typically can’t stream video out to the
internet. You’ll need to get an IP enabled web
cam.
To configure an IP Camera, simply drag the
blank tile to the position on your palette that
you want the video to appear. Now save your
Dashboard. Then go back into edit mode.
You will now see another wrench on that blank
tile, this one on the left side. If you click on that wrench you will get an input
screen where you can enter an internal and a external URL. This will be the
streaming URL for your camera.
For a detailed discussion of internal and external addresses, see the Chapter on
Networking. Essentially most home systems will have a different IP address for
internal access and external access. This is true for your controller and it will be
true for your web cam.
DETERMINING YOUR STREAMING URL
Unfortunately there’s no standard naming convention for streaming video URL’s.
Every camera manufacturer is different. There are some sources on the web
where you can search for your camera and determine what the naming
convention is.
One such source is https://github.com/ingenuitas/SimpleCV/wiki/List-of-IP-
Camera-Stream-URLs.
Another is http://www.bluecherrydvr.com/2012/01/technical-information-list-of-
mjpeg-and-rtsp-paths-for-network-cameras/.
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