Watching a Motion Jpeg http stream in Windows Media Player
I have a camera that is sending a motion-jpeg stream over a network in real time, and I would like to open the stream and view the video in Windows Media Player. Firefox and VLC are able to show me the video, but Windows Media Player just says "Connecting to..." for forever. I think this is because the stream has no end - its just playing live.I specifically need to be able to view it in Windows Media Player for a WPF application I'm working on.I downloaded the codec from http://www.free-codecs.com/Motion_JPEG_Codec_download.htm, but I'm not sure how to continue.My system: Windows XP SP3, WMP 11.0.5721.5268I know its possible because the other applications do exactly what I want out of the box - how do I get Media Player to behave the same way?Thanks for any help,Benjamin
July 7th, 2010 6:31pm
You say you have downloaded the codec: have you also installed it by first extracting the files from the .zip file you downloaded, and then double clicking on the mjpegcodecv3.2.4.exe?<benjamin.popp> wrote in message news:Email removed for privacy...I have a camera that is sending a motion-jpeg stream over a network in real time, and I would like to open the stream and view the video in Windows Media Player. Firefox and VLC are able to show me the video, but Windows Media Player just says "Connecting to..." for forever. I think this is because the stream has no end - its just playing live.I specifically need to be able to view it in Windows Media Player for a WPF application I'm working on.I downloaded the codec fromhttp://www.free-codecs.com/Motion_JPEG_Codec_download.htm, but I'm not sure how to continue.My system: Windows XP SP3, WMP 11.0.5721.5268I know its possible because the other applications do exactly what I want out of the box - how do I get Media Player to behave the same way?Thanks for any help,Benjamin
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July 9th, 2010 5:05am