Trying to understand if Chrome support is essential for a VMS provider if the client devices are Android phones or tablets, or would a Firefox browser work just as well? Do top VMS providers like Milestone, Genetech etc. support Chrome on Android? Thanks.
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Christopher Uiterwyk
Aug 26, 2016IPConfigure Orchid VMS supports all browsers. Plugin (H.264) support on Firefox and IE only. All mobile devices are supported, Orchid efficiently transcodes H.264 in real-time to MJPEG.
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Campbell Chang
Aug 29, 2016Using a browser for mobile viewing sounds horrendous. Why wouldn't you just pick a VMS with an app or if you're a VMS guy, build an app.
Firefox will drop NPAPI support at the end of the year, so you'll have the same support issues with Chrome.
Christopher Uiterwyk
Aug 29, 2016Browser support for WebRTC will replace the need for NPAPI in the near future. http://iswebrtcreadyyet.com/
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Aug 29, 2016Christopher Uiterwyk
Aug 29, 2016It's a beta and uses websockets and only supports one video stream open on a PC at a time. It's also their place holder for WebRTC.
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Aug 29, 2016It's beta.
It's the interface shipping with the Companion Dome.
...only supports one video stream open on a PC at a time.
One stream per PC or one stream per client?
Is this an Axis specific limitation or a general websockets one?
Christopher Uiterwyk
Aug 29, 2016SP
Sean Patton
Aug 29, 2016Genetec's Mobile Client works well on Chrome on Android, Safari on Mac/iPad. I dont generally use Firefox on mobile devices, but Genetec runs fine on the desktop version of FF.
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