Plugin for web access to Security Cameras Live View

[king daddy 2]

My security cameras remote access to live-view is handled by plugin that came with camera.
When the camera is accessed via IP address, it prompts with link to download Web Components,
...and to close browser to install.

Web Components
npWebVideoPlugin.dll
Mime type rts


Is network access via browser a new victim?
Any information would be helpful.

Carl

[Paul in Houston, TX]

It's been a victim for many years. Rumor has it that webcam hacking was pioneered
by the Russians. Keep your firewall turned on.

[king daddy 2]

More information:
My cameras show Live Video...
using Windows-10 / Edge
using Windows-7 / Firefox
Chrome does not work... although it prompts for Web Components, bet does not recognize it's presence
Internet Explorer doe not work... just no video

Web Component here is an H.264 video player (streaming)
...or I can choose to use the add-on in VLC

When Firefox terminates plugins... where are we going?
with this issue?

Carl

[WaltS48]

See
<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/npapi-plugins?as=u&utm_source=inproduct#firefox:win7:fx50>

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[VanguardLH]

Does your unidentified camera's brand and model support ONVIF?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONVIF

Rather than trying to use a proprietary protocol to access the remote
camera, perhaps you can use the ONVIF open standard. If it supports
ONVIF, you should be able to use a multitude of remote camera apps.

Check the specs on your unidentified IP camera. See if ONVIF is
supported. If so, an online search would help in understanding ONVIF
(https://www.google.com/search?q=remote%20camera%20onvif). If you find
apps and create or have an environ in which they can run, you can
probably get away without knowing much about ONVIF. Although I have not
gone the route yet, I've read where many users were dissatisfied with
the remote control software included with the IP camera and found other
apps they thought gave them more control or had a better feature set.

I do not have Windows 10 to test but have read that it will run apps
(versus programs). You could also get the Android SDK to use its
emulator to run apps inside of it. I remember reading about an Android
distro that came prepared as a VM disk to use inside a virtual machine.

When Firefox 52 comes out in a few months from now, they will be
dropping NPAPI support. So that old plug-in won't work anymore unless
you keep using an old version of Firefox.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/play-windows-media-files-in-firefox

Have you checked if the camera maker has newer software?

[king daddy 2]

4 Cameras about a year old,
HIKVISION DS-2CD2032-I (ip)
I can still log on, add users, change configuration, etc. (Windows-7)

STILL WORKS ON my Windows-10, Firefox release 47

was Firefox 50, now...
I tried Firefox ESR 47...
web components does not install the plugin,

It is local home network.
Linux Embedded HIKVISION NVR DS-7600


I now have issues with seeing the image. Camera posts message "no plugin detected".
It used to work.

[David E. Ross]

The problem is that the Mozilla developers decided that networked
hardware and any other capabilities that depend upon browser plugins
will no longer work. This applies even for recently purchased hardware
that is still in good working condition. See bug #1269807 at
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269807>.

A similar decision was made relative to extensions, many of which no
longer have active developers to convert to a new interface. See bug
#1252272 at <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1252272>.

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[EE]

Why not get an older release of Firefox and just use it to view the
camera? The current version of SeaMonkey might even work.