Receiving streams directly from cameras

Hello:

If a MIP plugin on the management client were to enable reception of a video stream directly from a camera, can it connect this received stream to the Smart Client decode/display functionality so as to live view this stream.

Thanks

Typo:

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“If a MIP plugin on the management client”

Should read:

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“If a MIP plugin on the smart client”

The Milestone design is that the only component that talks with the camera is the recording server. I believe it is a robust design.

To summarize: It is impossible to feed any video stream to Smart Client live view for display, unless the stream originates from the recording server. Is this right?

Yes.

Technically you can build a plug-in that does anything, but Smart Client camera views uses the the recording server and the recording server owns the camera.