User`s manual
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AXIS Media Control - Network Tab
Network Tab
Timeout
Timeout is the maximum time (seconds) that AMC will attempt to connect to an Axis product before displaying an error
message. The maximum timeout is 999 seconds; the default is 15 seconds.
Reconnection strategy
If for any reason AMC looses its connection with your Axis camera, a Reconnection Strategy can be used to set up a
reconnection schedule. The default strategy is for AMC to try to reconnect to the camera every 20 seconds for 5 minutes. If
AMC is not able to reconnect to your camera within 5 minutes, an error message will pop up telling you that AMC was not
able to reconnect to the camera.
If you still want AMC to keep trying to reconnect
to your camera, you can also set up a second and even a third period of time.
If you want AMC to keep trying indefinitely to reconnect to your camera, click the infinite box.
Multicast Network Interface
The Multicast Network Interface is the interface that AMC will use to connect to the multicast stream sent from the Axis
camera or video encoder. Windows will use the default interface (see the figure above), unless you specify a specific interface
listed in the drop down menu IP address of multicast interface.
For example, a specific IP address can be selected if the multic
ast stream sent from the network camera or video encoder is
not visible. Or, if you have more than one network interface, you can select which network interface AMC will use to connect
to the multicast stream sent from the Axis camera or video encoder listed.
RTSP connection order
AMC will use one of the protocols listed above depending on your network environment. It will try each protocol in the order
you specify and use the one that works best.
The default setting is shown in the figure above, but you can either deselect a p
rotocol or change the order AMC uses to select
a protocol, by highlighting a protocol and clicking Move Up and Move Down.
Note: If you can see MPEG-4/H.264 video in your LAN but not over the Internet using Internet explorer, make sure that you have selected RTP
over RTSP over HTTP, and that it is at the top of the RTSP connection order.