Axis M7016 - Troubleshooting Video Streaming; H.264 Streaming Issues; Hardware and Startup Problems

AXISM7016VideoEncoder
Troubleshooting
ProblemswithstreamingH.264
ProblemswithAXISMedia
Control(InternetExplorer
only)
ToenabletheupdatingofvideoimagesinInternetExplorer,setthebrowsertoallowActiveX
controls.Also,makesurethatAXISMediaControlisinstalledonyourcomputer.
NoH.264displayedinthe
client
CheckthattherelevantH.264connectionmethodsandcorrectinterfaceareenabledintheAMC
ControlPanel(streamingtab).SeeAXISMediaControl(AMC)onpage14.
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.
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Refertotheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
SeePerformanceConsiderationsonpage62.
Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
CheckintheAMCControlPanel(H.264tag)thatvideoprocessingisNOTsettoDecodeonly
keyframes.
Lowertheimageresolution.
Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)oftheAxis
product.SeeTechnicalSpecicationsonpage60.
StatusandNetworkindicatorLEDsareashingredrapidly
Hardwarefailure
ContactyourAxisreseller.
Productdoesnotstartup
ProductdoesnotstartupIftheproductdoesnotstartupkeepthenetworkcableconnectedandre-insertthepowercable
tothemidspan.
Videoandimageproblems,general
Imageunsatisfactory
CheckthevideostreamandcamerasettingsunderSetup>Video>VideoStreamandSetup>
Video>CameraSettings.
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