Uniview Plugin For Chrome Download
Suzy Mcintire
Modern web browsers have left the security industry behind. Current Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge browsers do not support NPAPI plugins, crippling live video and configuration in many IP camera and recorder web interfaces. And despite years of warnings that these plugins would be (or have been) disabled, few manufacturers have released plugin-free UIs with support for H.264 streaming.
There are several other manufacturers which do not require plugins, using MJPEG streaming in the browser, including Avigilon, Arecont, Panasonic, and Pelco. We have not included these here, focusing only on those offering H.264/H.265 without plugins.
Axis has released a new web interface which provides plugin free H.264 in their low cost Companion line. However, main line Axis cameras have not yet received this update. Axis says that this is scheduled for release in Q2 through the rest of 2017 for other models.
Like Dahua, live video and some configuration features are also disabled without plugins (ActiveX in IE). Note that Hikvision released a statement in 2015 regarding Chrome support, claiming it would be re-enabled in "Q4 2015", but this has not occurred.