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= tools and capabilities table =

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			<P>On the Elphel 353 camera</P>
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			<P>On remote PC / MAC</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>ccam.cgi 
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		<TD WIDTH=41>
			<P ALIGN=CENTER>imgsrv</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>camogm 
			</P>
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		<TD WIDTH=39>
			<P ALIGN=CENTER>camvc</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>PHP API 
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>str</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>ElphelOgm</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>ElphelSrv</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>MPlayer</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>VLC</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>Quicktime</P>
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			<P>supported formats</P>
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			<P>JPEG/JP4 image</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P>Quicktime MOV video</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P>MJPEG/OGM video</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P>supported protocols</P>
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			<P>HTTP support</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P>FTP upload support</P>
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			<P>NFS write support</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P>RTP support</P>
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			<P>HD / CF / USB support</P>
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			<P>on camera HD/CF write support</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER><BR>
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			<P>remote PC HD write support</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P>Features 
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			<P>command line based tool</P>
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			<P>GUI based tool</P>
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			<P>Live video view</P>
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			<P>make use of circular bufer</P>
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			<P>EXIF support</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P ALIGN=CENTER>x</P>
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			<P>setting the sensor parameters</P>
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= tools =

==ccam.cgi==
[[Ccam.cgi]] allow to set sensor parameters and get images through HTTP GET method. This is actually the most complete interface to sensors settings, but will soon become obsolete with our new [[PHP_in_Elphel_cameras | PHP API]].

==imgsrv==

[[imgsrv]] is the fastest way to get images via HTTP. It make use of the circular buffer and can mark images with EXIF data.

==camogm==

[[camogm]] is a command line application running on the camera (can be controlled truth PHP) what can record on a HD/CF/USB-storage-device connected to the camera. It does support EXIF, MJPEG/OGM, Quicktime MOV, JPEG, [[JP4]].

==PHP API==
[[PHP_in_Elphel_cameras]] allow you to set sensor parameters, get images, do any funky stuff what PHP can do.

==ElphelOgm==

==ElphelSrv==

==MPlayer==

==VLC==
See the full [[using VLC to obtain video | article]] more information.

To use VLC, first turn on camera streaming. Open vlc and select file > "open network stream".
You will be presented with a menu. Select "RTSP" and input the url. Then, in the advanced options, select "Stream/Save" and check the settings to fit your needs.

Again, there is more information in the [[using VLC to obtain video | main article]]

==camvc==

= capabilities =

== EXIF ==

Here is our [[Exif]] data table description. EXIF data can be controlled in PHP as described in [[Exif_init.php]]

== Circular Buffer ==

== NFS ==

== on camera HD/CF write support ==
On camera IDE HD, CF card or USB-storage-device can be connected to the camera truth [[10349 | 10349 additional IO board]]