Nov 06, 2009
- Ah, yea, read the whole problem discussion...
have a Sony SNC-RZ30N webcam that I can only view the video from on a
very few computers, all of my more up-to-date computers only see a
blank screen in the browser view.
Comments:
Nov 03, 2009
- There are no drivers for the webcam, it runs a website on port 80 on
the IP address that I assign. When you go to the address
(webcam.velocityxl.com-redirected to IP 192.168.2.5 locally) index.html
gives you the option of an ActiveX or Java viewer page. One machine can
view the video stream (Active or Java in IE or Java in Firefox on
WinXP), one other desktop with XP cannot view in either browser and one
Vista laptop cannot view in either browser. Both of the machines that
can't open the stream can control the camera and take snapshots, so it
seems to be an issue the browsers not having the correct JRE
environment for the jar that the camera is loading to view the stream.
Nov 03, 2009
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I believe my issue is getting the correct java installation and settings to view this camera's html server....
Nov 03, 2009
- There aren't any drivers for this camera guys, it's an IP camera that
makes it's video available as a webserver. I've checked that it has the
very latest firmware (3.15 as I recall) and downloaded all of the
available software and manuals for this camera. As I mentioned, I can
view this camera's webserver page fine from some computers but not
others. The issue is not with the camera, it's with the computers
trying to view this content, and I suspect the versions of java on
those computers trying to load the this camera's Java applet.
Nov 03, 2009
- There aren't any drivers for this camera guys, it's an IP camera that
makes it's video available as a webserver. I've checked that it has the
very latest firmware (3.15 as I recall) and downloaded all of the
available software and manuals for this camera. As I mentioned, I can
view this camera's webserver page fine from some computers but not
others. The issue is not with the camera, it's with the computers
trying to view this content, and I suspect the versions of java on
those computers trying to load the this camera's Java applet.
Nov 03, 2009
- Could the "experts" stop recommending that I install a driver for an
IP camera? It's really not helpful, so either read the problem
description and understand something about this camera or pass please.
Nov 03, 2009
- The firewall is not blocking the content, it is only using port 80 as
it's streaming it via a webpage, and I've tried completely disabling
the firewall (ESET SmartSecurity). I believe the issue is the version
of Java, as I get the animated Java logo rather than the image on some
of the machines. You can try to connect to the camera yourself to see
the java applet loading on your system at
http://webcam.velocityxl.com
Nov 04, 2009
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You have any other ideas, or should I go onto to someone else?
Nov 04, 2009
- First, the link to the webpage is not applicable because this is not
a USB webcam, it's an IP-based webcam, so there is no point in looking
for it in the control panel.
Second,
as regards the firewall, as I said before I've completely disabled the
firewall to no affect, though it works just fine on my work laptop, so
I don't know what you're saying about Java opening a custom port, this
is all working through port 80 as it's just a web page. The camera
works fine, totally, from my work laptop with no special settings, and
I can control the camera from the computers that can't view the stream,
so they are clearly communicating with the java applet (it's showing
the buttons), but the stream viewer seems to not initialize. I've
included a screen shot here to help walk you through the issue I'm
having. If you're Java ports/firewall comment goes deeper than turning
off the firewall please say more, because I think it's pretty clear
that the firewall is not the issue and this is working on http port 80,
http://www.velocityxl.com/webcam_shot.jpg
Nov 04, 2009
- Again, I TOTALLY disabled the firewall, so even if that were correct,
the firewall would not be blocking it, as I mentioned, the firewall was
doing nothing at the time. I also did not install a Java application,
so it did NOT ask me for a port, as I mentioned, and showed you in the
screenshot, this camera is working entirely through the browser Java
plug-in, and I know what port it's using because I set that on the
camera webserver configuration. Also, since I have some computers
working with the camera, I have a basic understanding of how it works.
If you read the manual on this fine camera, it states that it wants an
old version of the Java plug-in, which is most likely the issue.
Unfortunately I've tried to install these older versions of the Java
plugin (1.3.1_02, 1.3.1_03, 1.4.0, or 1.4.0_01), but as those versions
of the JRE expect Netscape Navigator, I'm having difficulty getting
them to activate within Firefox.
Manual (see page 8)-
http://tinyurl.com/yzyafmh
Nov 04, 2009
- I'm trying to view on the LAN and remotely. I know the port (80) is
not being blocked because I read the problem notes, and thus know that
I can view the camera on the LAN and remotely with one of my PCs (both
ActiveX and Java viewers). I've tried deactivating the firewall on the
PCs where I can't view the stream (note I can open the page and camera
controls, as I've mentioned several times, internally and externally)
to no affect. Does anybody know anything about these older versions of
Java that the camera wants, and how to get them to work properly with
Firefox 3.5.x??
Nov 04, 2009
- Seriously dude, could you please read the problem description and try
first to understand before you post this ****. I've mentioned about 10
times that this is an IP webcam and doesn't have any drivers to
install. Quite tedious...
Nov 04, 2009
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Still looking for someone with experience with IP cameras, with likely a java plug-in version incompatibility.
Nov 05, 2009
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Solid suggestion, but I have tried that already.
Nov 05, 2009
- I've tried the latest JAVA, Java 5, 1.4.1_03, 1.3, etc. You'll notice
from my previous posts that the camera claims it's webpage requires a
very old version of the Java plug-in. I've also tried various flavors
of IE8/7/6. I haven't tried IE8 in compatibility mode, so I will try
that. My one laptop that has no issues with the camera's web page works
with both Firefox (3.54 using the java plug in for Netscape Navigator
1.4.2_03) and IE6 (6.0.2900.2180 using MS Jit for JRE 1.4.2_03), so I
suspect if I could get that version of JRE to install properly on my
other machines (the laptop that views properly is corporately
configured) that I would probably be home free. Unfortunately when I
try to install it won't integrate with Firefox properly. I'll give the
IE8 compatibility mode a shot as well though.
Expert
