Boxee

Viewing video streming from IP CAMERAS

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: P2 P2
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Fix Version/s: Box Backlog
  • Component/s: None
  • Labels:
    None
  • Product:
    Boxee Client
  • Severity:
    Minor
  • Operating System:
    Boxee Box
  • Number of attachments:
    3

Description

Why the boxee box browsers can´t see streaming video from ip cameras ? A address like: 192.168.1.9:80/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=xxxxx
 Only returns a screen full of control characters instead of live video. Would be that hard to develop an aplication to see livevideo from ip cameras ? The boxee box could double as a camera viewer. Thank you !
  1. HTML File
    teste.html
    26/Jan/12 9:59 PM
    0.5 kB
    Gustavo Druziki
  1. 20120126_001.jpg
    1.21 MB
    26/Jan/12 3:44 PM
  2. 20120126_001.jpg
    1.21 MB
    26/Jan/12 3:42 PM

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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment -
Gustavo,
which boxee version are you running?
do you know if the video stream is flash based or mpeg/h264 type of video?
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment - Gustavo, which boxee version are you running? do you know if the video stream is flash based or mpeg/h264 type of video?
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment -
this is what I can see when trying to see the video streaming from foscam ipcameras. I have one n900 nokia phone, wich browser can perfectly see the video streaming, also, any other browser from my pc (firefox, google chrome, etc) can see the video streaming perfectly.
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment - this is what I can see when trying to see the video streaming from foscam ipcameras. I have one n900 nokia phone, wich browser can perfectly see the video streaming, also, any other browser from my pc (firefox, google chrome, etc) can see the video streaming perfectly.
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment -
Hi Ami !
Its the videostreaming from the foscam ip cameras. I am running the latest version of the boxee firmware. The image that I see on the screen is attached for you to see !
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment - Hi Ami ! Its the videostreaming from the foscam ip cameras. I am running the latest version of the boxee firmware. The image that I see on the screen is attached for you to see !
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment -
Gustavo, thanks for the screenshots and the information, but it doesn't help us reproduce this issue,
can you please check or let us know which video stream type it is you are trying to watch?
the boxee browser does not include video playback plugins such as firefox and chrome, and can only play flash and html5 video streams, for streams such as mpeg/h264 etc. you will need to play them with the boxee video player (same one which plays podcasts, local and online videos etc.
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment - Gustavo, thanks for the screenshots and the information, but it doesn't help us reproduce this issue, can you please check or let us know which video stream type it is you are trying to watch? the boxee browser does not include video playback plugins such as firefox and chrome, and can only play flash and html5 video streams, for streams such as mpeg/h264 etc. you will need to play them with the boxee video player (same one which plays podcasts, local and online videos etc.
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment -
Its an JPG image file, that is being refreshed with some frequency by the camera. I can choose in wich frequency I want the image to be updated. 50 hz is the default.
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment - Its an JPG image file, that is being refreshed with some frequency by the camera. I can choose in wich frequency I want the image to be updated. 50 hz is the default.
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment -
What is interesting is that the following line in the boxee browser: 192.168.1.9:80/snapshot.cgi?user=admin&pwd=xxxxx
returns and puts on the TV the perfect static JPG image from the camera (wich the snapshot.cgi is supposed to do and does in any browser).
I do believe that it would be a little effort from the box programming team to make the live video to works. Thanks for your efforts !
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment - What is interesting is that the following line in the boxee browser: 192.168.1.9:80/snapshot.cgi?user=admin&pwd=xxxxx returns and puts on the TV the perfect static JPG image from the camera (wich the snapshot.cgi is supposed to do and does in any browser). I do believe that it would be a little effort from the box programming team to make the live video to works. Thanks for your efforts !
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment -
Another great idea, that can work: If I can open one local html file (saved on a pendrive, for example) on the boxee box browser, inside this html I can run a code that refreshes the static jpg got from snapshot.cgi ! But, how can I address a html file saved on a pendrive on the boxee box browser ?
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment - Another great idea, that can work: If I can open one local html file (saved on a pendrive, for example) on the boxee box browser, inside this html I can run a code that refreshes the static jpg got from snapshot.cgi ! But, how can I address a html file saved on a pendrive on the boxee box browser ?
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment -
this html refreshes the image got from snapshot.cgi camera
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Gustavo Druziki added a comment - this html refreshes the image got from snapshot.cgi camera

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