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Cisco Video Surveillance 8020/8030 IP Camera Reference Guide
Chapter 5 Configuration
Network > Streaming protocols
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Authentication—Depending on your network security requirements, the camera provides two types
of security settings for an HTTP transaction: basic and digest. If basic authentication is selected, the
password is sent in plain text format and there can be potential risks of being intercepted. If digest
authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using MD5 algorithm and thus provide
better protection against unauthorized accesses.
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HTTP port / Secondary HTTP port—By default, the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP
port is set to 8080. They can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535. If
the ports are incorrectly assigned, warning messages will be displayed:
To access the camera on the LAN, both the HTTP port and secondary HTTP port can be used to
access the camera. For example, when the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is
set to 8080, the camera’s IP address on the LAN is LAN http://192.168.4.160 or
http://192.168.4.160:8080.
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Access name for stream 1 ~ 4—This camera supports multiple streams simultaneously. The access
name is used to identify different video streams. You can click
Media > Video > Stream
settings to
set up the video quality of linked streams. For more information about how to set up the video
quality, see the
“Stream settings—Mode - Resolution and Frame rate” section on page 5-14
When using Mozilla Firefox to access the camera and the video mode is set to JPEG, you will receive
video comprised of continuous JPEG images. This technology, known as “server push,” allows the
camera to feed live pictures to Mozilla Firefox.
URL command: http://
ip address
:
http port
/
access name for stream 1, 2, 3, 4
For example, when the Access name for stream 2 is set to video2.mjpg:
1.
Launch Mozilla Firefox or Netscape.
2.
Type the above URL command in the address bar. Press
Enter
.
3.
The JPEG images will be displayed in your web browser.
Note
Microsoft Internet Explorer does not support server push technology; therefore, you will not be
able to access a video stream using http://
ip address
:
http port
/
access name for stream 1, 2, 3, 4
.
RTSP Streaming
To utilize RTSP streaming authentication, make sure that you have set a password for controlling the
access to video stream first. See the
“Security > User accounts” section on page 5-25
for details.
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Authentication—Depending on your network security requirements, the camera provides three
types of security settings for streaming via RTSP protocol: disable, basic, and digest. If basic
authentication is selected, the password is sent in plain text format, but there can be potential risks
of it being intercepted. If digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using MD5
algorithm, thus providing better protection against unauthorized access.
•
Access name for stream 1 ~ 4—This camera supports multiple streams simultaneously. The access
name is used to differentiate the streaming source. If you want to use an RTSP player to access the
camera, you have to set the video mode to H.264 or H.265 and use the following RTSP URL
command to request transmission of the streaming data.
rtsp://
ip address
:
rtsp port
/
access name for stream 1 to 4
For example, when the access name for stream 1 is set to live.sdp:
1.
Launch an RTSP player.
