{"id":1492,"date":"2010-12-15T19:53:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T23:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2010-12-15T19:53:46","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T23:53:46","slug":"ip-video-management-software-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/ip-video-management-software-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"IP Video Management &#8211; Software Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IP video management plays an important role in your surveillance system.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve already discussed the\u00a0<a title=\"ip video management hardware platforms\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/video-management\/ip-video-management-hardware-platforms\" target=\"_blank\">hardware platforms <\/a>options.\u00a0 The physical devices that manage video.\u00a0 Now we need to move on to software platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"ip camera software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/ip-camera-software\" target=\"_blank\">IP camera software <\/a>you choose allows you to view your IP video in different ways.\u00a0 The platforms include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built-in web interface<\/li>\n<li>Windows client-based programs<\/li>\n<li>Web-based software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Built-in Web Interface<\/h2>\n<p>Many IP cameras and <a title=\"video servers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/video-servers\" target=\"_blank\">video servers<\/a> have a built-in web server with their own IP address.\u00a0 They provide simple recording functions and some event-triggered recording and\u00a0work best\u00a0when your surveillance system is comprised of only a few cameras.<\/p>\n<p>To access this is you simply need to type the products IP address into the address bar of a standard web browser.\u00a0 This will access the device and it&#8217;s internal software will begin to run &#8211; a &#8216;start page&#8217; should appear.<\/p>\n<h2>Windows client-based programs<\/h2>\n<p>These are the most common and most popular\u00a0video management systems.\u00a0 First you install the Windows client-based software of your choice onto your recording server.\u00a0 Then a viewing client program (needed to perform surveillance tasks) can be installed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the same server<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0separate viewing server (used to increase performance)<\/li>\n<li>Or, on a locally networked PC or even a remote viewing station<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Web-based Software<\/h2>\n<p>Web-based software is great for allowing remote access.<\/p>\n<p>Web-based video management software is installed on PC&#8217;s that are used for both recording video and utilizing a built in web server.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0type of software is used to allow any networked computer anywhere in the world to access this video management server simply by using their own web broswer.<\/p>\n<h2>Licensing and Open vs. Vendor Software<\/h2>\n<p>Most video software programs are licensed and offer a license per camera.\u00a0 Different numbers of licenses can be purchased at a time and upgrades and additions are always available.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"mobotix ip cameras\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/manufacturer\/mobotix\" target=\"_blank\">Mobotix IP Cameras<\/a>, for example, offer free software <a title=\"mobotix downloads\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mobotix.com\/eng_US\/Support\/Software-Downloads\" target=\"_blank\">downloads<\/a> for all of their products.<\/p>\n<p>Open software systems will support many different camera manufacturers while vendor specific programs,\u00a0such as this <a title=\"axis camera station\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/axis-0202-004\" target=\"_blank\">Axis Camera Station <\/a>software,\u00a0are\u00a0specifically designed to only\u00a0work with that brand of camera.<\/p>\n<p>Some <a title=\"sony intelligent monitoring software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/sony-imz-ns101\" target=\"_blank\">Sony intelligent monitoring software <\/a>is advertised as working with, in addition to their own, the\u00a0most popular brands of IP cameras.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any video management software questions please don&#8217;t hesitate to call one of our knowledgeable reps at 866-885-4853.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IP video management plays an important role in your surveillance system.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve already discussed the\u00a0hardware platforms options.\u00a0 The physical devices that manage video.\u00a0 Now we need to move on to software platforms. The IP camera software you choose allows you to view your IP video in different ways.\u00a0 The platforms include: Built-in web interface Windows&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/ip-video-management-software-platforms\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}