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i am trying to figure out how to control the start and stop of a recording of an IP camera (HIKvision) for a research project. let me explain: I am using Max to control 3 TVs where i display images to a dolphin. the dolphin has then to choose certain images and press a response paddle. the whole setup is controlled via Max where a preloaded schedule of images is run through and the responses of the dolphin is recorded via max (inc reaction time etc). so far so good. i figured out how make the whole thing work and i can 24 trials and everything seems to be fine.

but- and here is my problem - i have a new IP camera that installed across the pool of the dolphin and records the research trials. what i would like to is to automatically start recording when a new trial is selected then record until the dolphin has made her choice - and then automatically stop. the camera allows me to record to a server and it does have RTSP - but i have looked and so far failed to figure out how to send the control to the camera. right now i have to go into Safari and load the web plugin of the the camera and then switch between max and Safari all the time - this of course leads to missed trials or erroneous recordings...

So how do get start the camera recording automatically when i run a trial? and then stop it once a paddle is pressed?

thank to anyone who can point me in the right direction....

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i am trying to figure out how to control the start and stop of a recording of an IP camera (HIKvision) for a research project. let me explain: I am using Max to control 3 TVs where i display images to a dolphin. the dolphin has then to choose certain images and press a response paddle. the whole setup is controlled via Max where a preloaded schedule of images is run through and the responses of the dolphin is recorded via max (inc reaction time etc). so far so good. i figured out how make the whole thing work and i can 24 trials and everything seems to be fine.
but- and here is my problem - i have a new IP camera that installed across the pool of the dolphin and records the research trials. what i would like to is to automatically start recording when a new trial is selected then record until the dolphin has made her choice - and then automatically stop. the camera allows me to record to a server and it does have RTSP - but i have looked and so far failed to figure out how to send the control to the camera. right now i have to go into Safari and load the web plugin of the the camera and then switch between max and Safari all the time - this of course leads to missed trials or erroneous recordings...
So how do get start the camera recording automatically when i run a trial? and then stop it once a paddle is pressed?
i am at a loss....
thank to anyone who can point me in the right direction....

control-of-an-ip-camera-via-max

Have you tried loading the camera's interface using Max's jweb object?

no-the camera interface is a web-plugin that only works with Safari - and any documentation that i have is in Chinese...

so what i would like to do is teh following:

1) get a camera view to display on my max patcher. (i have not even gotten that far)

2) start and stop the camera recording (at 1080) to a server - right now i need to do that manually for each trial through safari.... but i always loose track and since the trials are very quick its easy to mess up...

i will try exploring jweb (never used that before)

no-the camera interface is a web-plugin that only works with Safari - and any documentation that i have is in Chinese...
so what i would like to do is teh following:
1) get a camera view to display on my max patcher. (i have not even gotten that far)
2) start and stop the camera recording (at 1080) to a server - right now i need to do that manually for each trial through safari.... but i always loose track and since the trials are very quick its easy to mess up... 

hm - jweb does not work either - it does correctly load the webpage - but not the plugin - so i can't see the camera.

Control of an IP camera via Max