Axis Media Stream Library

Axis Media Library is a multimedia library developed by Axis Communications , a company specializing in video surveillance and security.

This multimedia library is used to stream videos from surveillance cameras in real time in a web browser, without having to do any transcoding.

This library also provides examples to test this library.

Here is how to set up the environment and the prerequisites in order to be able to test this library, with different versions of the library and of Ubuntu.

Version 4.0.7 + Ubuntu 16

Prerequisites:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl
sudo apt install git
sudo apt install npm 
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_9.x | sudo -E bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
npm set unsafe-perm true
sudo npm install --global yarn
sudo apt install ffmpeg

Clone:

mkdir axis
cd axis
git clone https://github.com/AxisCommunications/media-stream-library-js.git --branch v4.0.7

Compile:

yarn
cd media-stream-library-js
yarn

Execute:

yarn example

Open Firefox at: http://127.0.0.1:8080/
Type the address of an Axis camera then ENTER (ex: 192.168.0.230)
The live image should be displayed

Version 5.0.0 + Ubuntu 16 & 18

Prerequisites:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl
sudo apt install git
sudo apt install npm 
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
npm set unsafe-perm true
sudo npm install --global yarn
sudo apt install ffmpeg
sudo apt-get install docker.io

Cloner

mkdir axis
cd axis
git clone https://github.com/AxisCommunications/media-stream-library-js.git --branch v5.0.0

Compile:

yarn
yarn add media-stream-library
cd media-stream-library-js
git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git://github.com/
yarn

Execute:

yarn examples

Open Firefox at: http://127.0.0.1:8080/
Choose camera, then simple.html
Type the address of an Axis camera then ENTER (ex: 192.168.0.230)
The live image should be displayed

Execute 2:

open a second terminal:

cd axis/media-stream-library-js
sudo yarn rtsp

Test in firefox: http://127.0.0.1:8080/test/mjpeg.html
Test in firefox: http://127.0.0.1:8080/test/h264.html

Version 9.3.2 + Ubuntu 18

Prerequisites:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl
sudo apt install git
sudo apt install npm 
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
npm set unsafe-perm true
sudo npm install --global yarn
sudo apt install ffmpeg
sudo apt-get install docker.io

Clone:

mkdir axis
cd axis
git clone https://github.com/AxisCommunications/media-stream-library-js.git --branch v9.3.2

Compile:

yarn
yarn add media-stream-library
cd media-stream-library-js
yarn

Execute:

yarn examples

Open Firefox at: http://127.0.0.1:8080/
Choose camera, then simple.html
Type the address of an Axis camera then ENTER (192.168.0.230)
The live image should be displayed

Execute 2:

Open a second terminal:

cd axis/media-stream-library-js
sudo yarn rtsp

Test in firefox: http://127.0.0.1:8080/test/mjpeg.html
Test in firefox: http://127.0.0.1:8080/test/h264.html