Axis Media Control AXIS Media Control is the ActiveX component used for viewing and handling media streams produced by Axis video products. __________________________________________________________________ System Requirements =================== - Client PC minimum requirements for MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 (one instance): CPU • Pentium III 500 MHz or higher, any AMD Athlon Memory • 128 MB RAM Graphic card • AGP card with Direct Draw support and 16 Mb video memory (32/64 Mb recommended for high resolutions/color depths) Software • Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher • DirectX 9.0 or higher • Windows Media Format 9 Series Runtime, or higher, is required for supporting MPEG-4 recording in AXIS Media Control. - If the system requirements are not fulfilled, performance of the control may be considerably limited. - Make sure used AXIS devices are running the latest available firmware. Installation ============ - Access an AXIS device in Internet Explorer and choose Install in the installation dialog that displays. - Make sure you have full administrator rights on the computer you install on. - AXIS Media Control Embedded settings will remain after upgrade. - After upgrade to this version it is not possible to downgrade to the previous version without a complete uninstallation. Uninstallation ============== - Run 'Uninstall' under Start/Control Panel/Add or Remove programs/ Some files might need to be manually erased under C:\Program Files\Axis Communications\Axis Media Control Embedded\ and %My Documents%\AXIS Media Control - Snapshots\ or where located as specified for snapshots. - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and AAC decoders are not erased by 'Uninstall' and need to be manually erased under C:\%WINDOWS%\Downloaded Program Files\. Right click on the decoder to erase and choose 'Remove'. Recommendations =============== - If the hardware requirements are not fulfilled, performance of the software may be considerably limited. - Make sure the AXIS devices are running the latest available firmware. Other ===== - To reset AXIS Media Control Embedded to factory default settings, remove the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Axis Communications\AXIS Media Control - To enable AXIS Media Control Embedded log, add the following keys to the registry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Axis Communications\Axis Media Control] "DBGFile"=dword:00000003 "logpath"="C:\\Program Files\\Axis Communications\\AXIS Media Control Embedded\\amc.log"