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8.4 Capture Single Snapshot 
Note: This request requires Normal User privileges.   
Method: GET/POST 
Syntax: 
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/viewer/video.jpg?[channel=<value>][&resolution=<value>] 
[&quality=<value>][&streamid=<value>] 
If the user requests a size larger than all stream settings on the server, this request will fail.   
PARAMETER  VALUE  DEFA
ULT 
DESCRIPTION 
channel  0~(n-1)  0  The channel number of the video source. 
resolution IP8165: 
(160~640, 120~360) 
IP8155: 
(160~1280, 120~1024) 
0  The resolution of the image. 
quality  1~5  3  The quality of the image. 
streamid  0~(m-1)  2  The stream number. 
The server will return the most up-to-date snapshot of the selected channel and stream in JPEG format. The size 
and quality of the image will be set according to the video settings on the server. 
Return: 
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n 
Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n 
[Content-Length: <image size>\r\n] 
<binary JPEG image data> 










