User manual
AXIS Q7424–R
Live View Config
Default Viewer for Browsers
From Live View Config > Default Viewer se le ct the default method for viewing video images in your browser. The product attem pts
to show the video images in the selected video f orm at and v ie we r. If this is not possi ble, the product overrides the settings and
selects the best available comb ination.
Browser Viewer Description
AMC
Recommended viewer in Internet Explorer (H.264/Motion JPEG)
QuickTime
H.264
Java applet
A slower imaging alternative to AMC (Motion JPE G ) . R equires one of the
following installed on the client:
• JVM (J2SE) 1.4.2 or higher
• JRE (J2SE) 5.0 or higher
Windows Internet Explorer
Still image Displays still images only. Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a
new image
Server Push
Recommended viewer for other browsers (M otion JPEG).
QuickTime
H.264
Java applet
A slower imaging alternative to Serve r Push (Motion JPEG only).
Other browsers
Still image Displays still images only. Click the Refresh button in your browser to view a
new image
For more inform a tion, please see the online help .
Viewer Settings
Options for the viewer are configured under Live View Config > Viewer Settings.
•TheShow viewer toolbar option will display the A X IS Media Control (AMC) or the QuickTime viewer toolbar under the
video image in your browser.
• H.264 decoder installation. The administrator can disable installation of the H.264 decoder included w ith AXIS Media
Control. This is used to prevent installation of unlicensed copies. Further decoder licenses can be purcha se d from your
Axis res elle r.
•SelectShow crosshair in PTZ joystick mode to enable a cros s that will ind icate the cente r of the image in PTZ joystick mode.
•SelectUse PTZ joystick mode as default to enable joystick mode. The mode can be changed temporarily from the PTZ
control panel.
• You can enable recording from the Live View page. The recordings are saved to the location specified in the AMC Control
Panel. See
AXIS Media C ontrol (AMC), on page 12
.
User Defined Links
To display user-defined links in the Live View page, s elect the Show custom link option, give the link a name and then enter the URL
to link to. W hen defining a web link do not remove the 'http://' from the URL address. Custom links can be used to run scripts or
activate external devices connected to the product, or they can link to a web p age . Custom links defined as cgi links will run the
script in the background, in a hidden frame. D efining the link as a web link will open the link in a new window.
Output Buttons
An output on the Axis product can be controlled directly from the Live View page, by enabling the d isplay of o utput buttons. To
display the output buttons in the Live View page, select the type of control to use for the port from the drop-dow n list under
Live View Config > Output Buttons:
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