Internetcameras -

[Bob Goodwin]

I bought a Zonet ZVC7611W "IP Camera" Newegg had on sale with the 
intention of watching an area I can't see from the window near my desk. 
They work ok with the Windows software, I can view the video images.

I can access it over our wireless LAN with Firefox from this F-12 
computer and set all the configuration parameters without a problem and 
in fact did so. But I don't know how to go about viewing the pictures.

Video applications such as VLC and Totem don't respond to the IP address 
assigned via dhcp at the the wireless router, 192.168.1.51. Those 
programs seem to want a file rather than an URL?

    [bobg at box6 ~]$ vlc 192.168.1.51
    VLC media player 1.0.4 Goldeneye

    ....... snip ......

    No such file or directory
    libdvdread: Could not open 192.168.1.51
    libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
    [0x7f90f40011f8] access_file access error: cannot open file
    192.168.1.51 (No such file or directory)
    [0x7f90f40011f8] main access error: File reading failed
    [0x7f90f40011f8] main access error: VLC could not open the file
    "192.168.1.51".
    [0x7f9108000c98] main input error: open of `192.168.1.51' failed: no
    suitable access module
    [0x7f9108000c98] main input error: Your input can't be opened
    [0x7f9108000c98] main input error: VLC is unable to open the MRL
    '192.168.1.51'. Check the log for details.

What log were?

Once again my ignorance is showing. What do I need to do to make this 
work? The camera spec's are as below:


    9. Specifications
    Image Sensor
    Image Sensor 300K pixels 1/4” Color CMOS Sensor
    Resolution 640x480
    Lens
    Aperture (F/No.) 1.8
    Focus Length 4.8mm
    Image Processing
    Compression MJPEG
    Frame rate 20fps @VGA , 30fps @QVGA
    Image Resolution 176 x 144, 320 x 240, 640 x 480
    System
    Browser Internet Explore 6.0 and above
    Supported OS Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/7
    Power 12V
    Temperature: 0°C ~ 45°C
    Environment
    Humidity: 10% ~ 90% non-condensing
    Approvals CE/FCC class B
    Communication
    One RJ45 port; IEEE 802.3u compliant 10/100 Mbps Fast
    Ethernet
    Ethernet with Auto-MDIX
    Wireless IEEE802.11b/802.11g
    TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, DHCP, NTP, DNS, DDNS, SMTP, FTP,
    Supported Protocols
    HTTP, PPPoE, UPnP

Thanks

Bob
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