Axis M1013 - Troubleshooting Video Streams

AXISM1013NetworkCamera
Troubleshooting
TheIPaddresshasbeen
changedbyDHCP
IPaddressesobtainedfromaDHCPserveraredynamicandmaychange.IftheIPaddresshas
beenchanged,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISCameraManagementtolocatetheproductonthe
network.Identifytheproductusingitsmodelorserialnumber,orbytheDNSname(ifthename
hasbeencongured).
Ifrequired,astaticIPaddresscanbeassignedmanually.Forinstructions,seethedocumentAssign
anIPAddressandAccesstheVideoStreamonAxisSupportwebatwww.axis.com/techsup.
Certicateerrorwhenusing
IEEE802.1X
Forauthenticationtoworkproperly,thedateandtimesettingsintheAxisproductshouldbe
synchronizedwithanNTPserver.SeeDate&Timeonpage36.
Theproductisaccessiblelocallybutnotexternally
RoutercongurationTocongureyourroutertoallowincomingdatatrafctotheAxisproduct,enabletheNAT-traversal
featurewhichwillattempttoautomaticallyconguretheroutertoallowaccesstotheAxis
product,seeNATtraversal(portmapping)forIPv4onpage39.TheroutermustsupportUPnP
TM
.
Firewallprotection
ChecktheInternetrewallwithyournetworkadministrator.
Defaultroutersrequired
CheckifyouneedtoconguretheroutersettingsfromSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>
Basic.
ProblemswithstreamingH.264
ProblemswithAXISMedia
Control(InternetExplorer
only)
ToenabletheupdatingofvideoimagesinInternetExplorer,setthebrowsertoallowActiveX
controls.Also,makesurethatAXISMediaControlisinstalledonyourcomputer.
NoH.264displayedinthe
client
CheckthattherelevantH.264connectionmethodsandcorrectinterfaceareenabledintheAMC
ControlPanel(streamingtab).SeeAXISMediaControl(AMC)onpage12.
IntheAMCControlPanel,selecttheH.264tabandclickSettodefaultH.264decoder.
CheckthatRTSPisenabledunderSystemOptions>Network>TCP/IP>Advanced.
MulticastH.264only
accessiblebylocalclients
Checkifyourroutersupportsmulticasting,oriftheroutersettingsbetweentheclientandthe
productneedtobecongured.TheTTL(TimeToLive)valuemayneedtobeincreased.
NomulticastH.264
displayedintheclient
CheckwithyournetworkadministratorthatthemulticastaddressesusedbytheAxisproduct
arevalidforyournetwork.
Checkwithyournetworkadministratortoseeifthereisarewallpreventingviewing.
Installationofadditional
ActiveXcomponent
restrictedorprohibited
ConguretheAxisproducttouseaJavaappletforupdatingvideoimagesinyourbrowser.Goto
Setup>LiveViewCongandselectJavaappletunderDefaultviewer.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Refertotheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
SeePerformanceConsiderationsonpage51.
Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
CheckintheAMCControlPanel(H.264tag)thatvideoprocessingisNOTsettoDecodeonly
keyframes.
Lowertheimageresolution.
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