#ofxIpVideoGrabber

#Description

ofxIpVideoGrabber is an Open Frameworks addon used to capture video streams from IP Cameras that use the mjpeg streaming protocol. Public cameras can be found with a google search like this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl%3A%22axis-cgi%2Fmjpg%22

See others examples below.

OpenFrameworks is a cross platform open source toolkit for creative coding in C++.

http://www.openframeworks.cc/

#Installation

To use ofxIpVideoGrabber, first you need to download and install Open Frameworks.

To get a copy of the repository you can download the source from http://github.com/bakercp/ofxIpVideoGrabber or, alternatively, you can use git clone:

git clone git://github.com/bakercp/ofxIpVideoGrabber.git`

The addon should sit in openFrameworks/addons/ofxIpVideoGrabber/.

Which version to use?

ofxIpVideoGrabber has been tested with the latest development version of Open Frameworks and back to at least 0071.

The master branch should be is stable. New features, etc are in the develop branch.

#Dependencies

None

#Compatability

Edimax IC-3005 Axis Cameras and others.

#How Do I Find Cameras?

You might try some of the following Google Searches:

inurl:”ViewerFrame?Mode=
intitle:Axis 2400 video server
inurl:/view.shtml
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS
inurl:view/view.shtml
inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=
inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=Refresh
inurl:axis-cgi/jpg
inurl:axis-cgi/mjpg (motion-JPEG)
inurl:view/indexFrame.shtml
inurl:view/index.shtml
inurl:view/view.shtml
liveapplet
intitle:”live view” intitle:axis
intitle:liveapplet
allintitle:”Network Camera NetworkCamera”
intitle:axis intitle:”video server”
intitle:liveapplet inurl:LvAppl
intitle:”EvoCam” inurl:”webcam.html”
intitle:”Live NetSnap Cam-Server feed”
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS”
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS 206M”
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS 206W”
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS 210?
inurl:indexFrame.shtml Axis
inurl:”MultiCameraFrame?Mode=Motion”
intitle:start inurl:cgistart
intitle:”WJ-NT104 Main Page”
intext:”MOBOTIX M1? intext:”Open Menu”
intext:”MOBOTIX M10? intext:”Open Menu”
intext:”MOBOTIX D10? intext:”Open Menu”
intitle:snc-z20 inurl:home/
intitle:snc-cs3 inurl:home/
intitle:snc-rz30 inurl:home/
intitle:”sony network camera snc-p1?
intitle:”sony network camera snc-m1?
site:.viewnetcam.com -www.viewnetcam.com
intitle:”Toshiba Network Camera” user login
intitle:”netcam live image”
intitle:”i-Catcher Console – Web Monitor”

#Alternatives

If you are interested in using these cameras with Processing or Max/MSP/Jitter, you can find code here: https://github.com/themaw/mawLib/tree/master/src/mxj/trunk/mawLib-mxj/src/maw/jit/ipcam. It is part of mawLib and includes pan/tilt, etc control code.

You might also check out IPCAM2SYPHON. It wraps this library and sends cam textures via Syphon.

#License Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Christopher Baker http://christopherbaker.net

MIT License.

For information on usage and redistribution, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES, see the file, "LICENSE.txt," in this distribution.