Onvier - IP Camera Monitor

The application offers functions like monitoring, controlling, exploring, and configuring IP cameras. It goes beyond a basic camera viewer by supporting all modern IP cameras conforming to ONVIF® standards and older cameras through generic RTSP and MJPEG protocols.

Translations for various languages are provided by different individuals/entities.

Key Features:

- ONVIF - Compatibility with over 5000 NVT devices (e.g., network cameras, servers).

- Generic RTSP/MJPEG - Support for non-ONVIF IP cameras via RTSP or MJPEG streams.

- RTSP over HTTP - Helps viewers bypass firewalls and simplifies server port configurations.

- Explore - Detailed exploration of device properties.

- H.264 - Advanced Video Coding format for smoother video playback with high compression efficiency.

- Audio Support - AAC and G.711 support.

- MP4 - Recording in standard MP4 format with H.264 video and AAC audio encoding.

- Discovery - Instant detection of all ONVIF devices for easy camera integration.

- PTZ - Pan/tilt support with digital PTZ for non-PTZ cameras in the Pro version.

- Widget - Android home screen snapshot preview and quick video stream launch.

- Snapshot Preview - App home screen with periodically updated snapshots.

- Multi-view - Simultaneous viewing of multiple cameras.

- Portrait/Landscape - Supports both viewing orientations for flexible display options.

ONVIF is a trademark of ONVIF, Inc.

FAQ

Which cameras should I choose to use with the apps?

In theory, our apps work with almost every network camera on the current market one way or another. However, we highly recommend ONVIF conformant cameras to protect your investment regardless of whether you use our apps. There are over 10,000 ONVIF conformant IP camera models. The challenge is determining the true ONVIF conformance of an camera as explained by the following Q/A.

It is impossible for anyone to recommend one specific model of camera even if a brand is specified. For example, Axis Communications has dozens of different models that suit different use cases. Like many other devices, the best network cameras do not have the best prices, and the network cameras with the best prices may have quality and standard conformance issues.

How can I retrieve a forgotten password for a camera from the app?

Unfortunately, the app has deliberately made the password retrieval difficult for security reasons. This is because some users share the access to some their cameras by exporting a list and they do not want the recipients to know the passwords for the shared cameras. For this reason, we do not assist any users to retrieve passwords because the liability and the legal process to prove the ownership of a camera would be too costly for us.

Why can the app reach a camera without user name/password?

Unfortunately, some cameras have security holes. We have observed the following types:

- Web UI and ONVIF service use different authentication systems, and the ONVIF services do not require authentication even though the web UI does.

- Streaming not requiring authentication or providing a streaming URL including credential information.

ONVIF requires digest access authentication that is much more secure than the basic access authentication used by most cameras' web UI. Unfortunately, some manufacturers do not implement it. We suggest users contact the manufacturers of their cameras with this issue to urge them to fix it by updating the firmware. We will do our part whenever we have a chance.

Why can't the app discover ONVIF conformant IP devices when my mobile device is on a cellular network?

When a mobile device is connected to a cellular network, it is on a wide area network (WAN), more specifically, a wireless wide area network. First, the ONVIF discovery uses Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) that is not applicable to WAN. Second, it would be impractical to send out probes to millions of devices on a WAN to discover potentially tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of ONVIF conformant devices. Discovery is available only for LAN connection. For current mobile devices, a LAN connection effectively means a WiFi connection most of the time.