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NetCamCenter FAQ                                                                

1. When I start NetCamCenter, I see the message saying that "Your IP address appears to be an unroutable IP address..." What does this mean?
2. I can't access my IP camera with NetCamCenter, but I can view it with IE.
3. Does NetCamCenter support Panasonic WV-NM100?
4. I can't record camera. There are no video files.
5. Can I playback the video recorded in MPEG4 or H.264 codec with other player?
6. "Can't bind Port 80" error.
7. Does NetCamCenter support Sony dual mode camera?
8. I cannot playback *.asf video files recorded by NetCamCenter on another computer.
9. When I monitor my cameras with IE, it shows blue screen. What should I do?
10. I cannot fast-forward a video.
11. The video window of NetCamCenter becomes black. I cannot see the camera.
12. How do I record 640x480 resolution with Panasonic network camera?
13. Performance Tuning Guidelines for NetCamCenter
14. I see the message "The configuration is known to be unreliable for media streaming and recording. The video compression has been changed to NVC2."
15. I've installed DivX codec 6.8, but cannot playback video recorded with MPEG4 codec in IE.
16. How do I improve the video quality of my MPEG4 camera?
17. I cannot connect to Vivotek MPEG4 camera if I enable audio with NetCamCenter.
18. NetCamCenter cannot connect to my Panasonic camera.
19. When I start NetCamCenter on Windows Server 2008, I see the error message "This application has failed to start because wmvcore.dll was not found. ..."
20. How do I configure email program to send alarm email in Windows 7?
21. Can I run Microsoft Security Essentials with NetCamCenter?




1. When I start NetCamCenter, I see the message saying that "Your IP address appears to be an unroutable IP address..." What does this mean?


If your IP address is 192.168.x.x, or 10.0.0.x, you will see the message when you start the program. You can simply check Do not show this again and click OK to disable the message to show again.

If you only need to view it inside the local network area, it is OK. If you need to view it from the Internet, please configure the router or firewall. Otherwise, the router will block the inbound connection to the web server.





2. I can't access my ip camera with NetCamCenter, but I can view it with IE.

Please refer to the user manual of your network camera and find out which port your camera uses. Then, click Setup on NetCamCenter and change the port number on the Device tab.

If the port number is correct, try trace route under Command Prompt or MS-DOS and make sure that your router or firewall doesn't block NetCamCenter.

  • Go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories ->Command Prompt or MS-DOS
  • Enter tracert network camera's IP address. For example, type tracert 68.1.1.1
If you see "Request timed out", contact the network administrator. If NetCamCenter and your camera are in different local subnet (e.g. 10.0.1.x and 10.0.2.x or 192.168.2.x and 192.168.5.x) make sure the router is configured correctly. Consult the network administrator and see if authorization is required for NetCamCenter.

Some cameras use port other than 80 to deliver video. Consult your network administrator and see if access to other port on the local network is allowed.

3. Does NetCamCenter support Panasonic WV-NM100?

NetCamCenter supports WV-NM100 with JPEG mode. You can select Panasonic WV-NP472 with WV-NM100.

4. I can't record camera. There are no video files.

If you change the default video folder, please make sure that the user has folder permission to create or delete files. You may run scandisk to check if the system files are corrupted.

5. Can I playback the video recorded in MPEG4 or H.264 codec with other player?

You can playback MPEG4 and H.264 recordings in DivX and VLC media player.

6."Can't bind Port 80" error.



Click Setup, and then change the HTTP Server's port number in the Server tab. For example, enter 90 or 8000. 80 is the default port for web server. If you use other port, you need to add the number in your web address. For example, if you enter 90 in the Port field, your web address will be http://your-IP-address:90

7. Does NetCamCenter support Sony dual mode camera?
You may record Sony dual mode camera with NetCamCenter. To record video with NetCamCenter, JPEG mode must be enabled.


8. I cannot playback video files recorded with NVC2 codec on another computer.
Please download and install NVC2 Decoder.

9. When I monitor my cameras with IE, it shows blue screen. What should I do?

Your browser caches the web pages. You may want to restart IE or clean cache to have IE reload the web page.

10. I cannot fast-forward a video.

Please click Setup on CamCenter of NetCamCenter.
  • Click Maintenance.
  • Select the time that the video is created.
  • Click Repair videos.


  • 11. The video window of NetCamCenter becomes black. I cannot see the camera.

    NetCamCenter utilize DirectX 9 to render video to save CPU. Some display card may not work properly with DirectX. To disable DirectX, click Setup on CamCenter. On the Misc tab, uncheck Render Video by DirectX 9. You will need to restart NetCamCenter after you change the setting. If this happens, and you need to view the live video, you should consider using a dedicate display card. This usually happens only on very old display card or server machine with less than 16 M RAM for video. Those display cards/video chips are not designed for video.

    12. How do I record 640x480 resolution with Panasonic network camera?

    To record 640x480 resolution with Panasonic network camera, please add Resolution=640x480 to the Parameters field.



    13. Performance Tuning Guidelines for NetCamCenter

    Video requires a lot of computer resources to process it. And for surveillance and video streaming, the data must be processed in real time.

    Please keep in mind, the more data you pump in to the PC, the more jobs you assigned to the software, the more computing resources (CPU, memory, storage, network ...etc.) are needed to process the data.

    Here are some suggestions if you favor low CPU usage:

    For both network cameras and analog cameras with DVR cards:

    • Cut down camera resolution and/or frame rate. E.g. in general, a 1M pixel camera requires 10 times more computer resources to process it compare to a 0.1M pixel camera.


    • Please keep in mind more video/image related features (e.g. motion detection) you turn on, the more CPU cycles are needed.


    • Be aware software like anti-virus, firewall, internet security suite have significant impact on system performance.


    • Minimize all video windows (Windows Key + M) if you don't need to view live video on the screen. This shall significantly reduce the data bus and CPU usage.
    For network cameras:

    • If you need to have time stamp or text print on the video, use cameras that provide this feature.


    • If all you need is video recording, have the highest recorded video quality, and want to have a max cameras/PC value, use Intel processors, and


      • For MPEG4 cameras, with default settings, change compression to MPEG4, you can also change file size limit and encoding bit rate (make sure recording bit rate is higher than the camera's max bit rate).


      • For MJPEG cameras, with default settings, change compression to NVC2, you can also change file size limit and encoding bit rate.


      • NetCamCenter consumes very few CPU under these conditions. (except for some rare cases, e.g. MJPEG cameras that do not encode JPEG properly.)


    14. I see the message "The configuration is known to be unreliable for media streaming and recording. The video compression has been changed to NVC2."

    To broadcast audio from Axis camera at the same time, select NVC2 or Windows Media for the compression method.

    15. I've installed DivX Codec 6.8, but cannot playback video recorded with MPEG4 codec in IE.

    Please follow the steps to configure DivX Codec.
    • Go to Start. Click Programs. Click Divx.
    • Click Divx Codec
    • Click Decoder Configuration Utility
    • Uncheck Use advanced hardware overlay




    16. How do I improve the video quality of my MPEG4 camera? .

    It is recommended setting your MPEG4 camera to CBR (constant bit rate) instead of VBR (variable bit rate).

    If you are connecting to ACTi camera, disable RTP B2 Frame will improve the video quality.

    17. I cannot connect to Vivotek MPEG4 camera if I enable audio with NetCamCenter.

    Please make sure that the computer's audio driver is installed properly.

    18. NetCamCenter cannot connect to my Panasonic camera.

    Log on to your Panasonic camera. Set "Do not permit access from guest users" in the General Authentication setting. Otherwise, NetCamCenter will fail to connect to the camera

    19. When I start NetCamCenter on Windows Server 2008, I see the error message "This application has failed to start because wmvcore.dll was not found. ..."

    You need to enable Desktop experience for Windows Server 2008 in order to run NetCamCenter. Please follow the steps below to install.

    1. Click Start and select Server Manager.
    2. When the Server Manager window appears, go to the left pane and select Features.
    3. On the right, click the Add Features link.
    4. Check the Desktop Experience checkbox.
    5. Click Next. Click Install.
    6. When the installation is complete, restart your server to complete the process.

    20. How do I configure email program to send alarm email in Windows 7?

    If SMTP setting is not configured, you will see the following message when NetCamCenter tries to send an alarm email.



    To install the email client,
    1. Click Control Panel.
    2. Click All Control Panel Items.
    3. Click Default Programs.
    4. Click Windows Live Mail.
    5. Click Set this program as default. Click OK.

    21. Can I run Microsoft Security Essentials with NetCamCenter?

    Yes, you can run Microsoft Security Essentials with NetCamCenter. Please refer to the steps below to configure Microsoft Security Essentials.

    1. Double-click Microsoft Security Essentials.
    2. Go to Settings tab.
    3. Click Excluded files & locations. Click Add.
    4. Select the folder where NetCamCenter is installed. Click Save changes.




    5. Click Excluded file types. Click Add.
    6. Enter *.wmv.
    7. Click Add. Enter *.asf.
    8. Click Add. Enter *.jpg. Click Save changes.