Introduction - Axis 24533R3 User Manual

AMC

Introduction

This document gives you an overview of the controls provided by AXIS Media Control (AMC). AMC is
an ActiveX component that enables live video to be viewed in a Web browser. Administrator or
Operator rights are required to install and use AMC.
Table 1: Technical Requirements
Internet Browser Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Operating System Windows 2000
Windows 2003 Server,
Windows XP
CPU Intel Pentium III 500 MHz or higher (1 GHz
recommended), or comparable AMD processor
Memory 128 MB RAM
Graphics Card 16 MB video memory (32/64 MB recommended
for high resolution/color depths)
Software
In addition to supporting streaming video, AMC provides additional camera controls. The controls
provided by AMC will vary according to the features of the Axis camera and include controls for
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, audio, motion detection, and Pan/Tilt/Zoom.
The status bar
gives feedback on
the connection to
the camera
AMC toolbar with
controls, e.g., for
starting and
stopping video
M-JPEG MPEG
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Windows 2000
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP
Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or higher, or comparable
AMD processor
128 MB RAM
AGP card with DirectX support
64 MB video memory
DirectX 9.0 or higher
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