# Limitations with video streams

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limitations-with-video-streams/47878>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 17, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limitations-with-video-streams/47878 "2021-06-17T10:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![krish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@krish](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/krish)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limitations-with-video-streams/47878/1 "2021-06-17T10:57:48Z")

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- Are there any limitations with handling video streams in Ignition? Especially in terms of storing the feed & contextualizing it with production batches.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limitations-with-video-streams/47878/2 "2021-06-17T12:54:28Z")

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Ignition has no built-in functionality to handle/store video feeds. The IP Camera Viewer component in Vision can display MJPEG, and Perspective can use your browser's native support to display more. The closest thing to video handling on an Ignition gateway is my Image Streamer module:

> [@Automation Professionals' Image Streamer Driver Module](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-image-streamer-driver-module/29371):
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> Automation Professionals is pleased to announce a Release Candidate for its new driver module, supporting the live Network Image transmission format of [Keyence CV-5000](https://www.keyence.com/products/vision/vision-sys/cv-5000/index.jsp) machine vision controllers, plus support for common Network Video streams via [OpenCV](https://opencv.org/). Stream metadata is exposed as OPC items, and the output streams are Motion JPEG. The IP Camera Viewer Component in Vision can consume these streams, making it possible to integrate IP Cameras that don't have MJPEG support or have poor support f…

It does not have any recording features, though I can put that on my to-do list...
