# Pelco with IP Camera Viewer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pelco-with-ip-camera-viewer/5391>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 8, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pelco-with-ip-camera-viewer/5391 "2012-11-08T17:24:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ecujak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pelco-with-ip-camera-viewer/5391/1 "2012-11-08T17:24:03Z")

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I need help connecting to my pelco ip cameras with the IP Camera Component.

I keep getting “MalformedURLEception:no protocol: 10.?.?.?”

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pelco-with-ip-camera-viewer/5391/2 "2012-11-08T17:41:00Z")

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Trying adding “http://” to the beginning of your URL string.

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**Author:** ![ecujak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pelco-with-ip-camera-viewer/5391/3 "2012-11-08T17:45:44Z")

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Better, but now I return:

“IOException:Stream is not an MJPEG stream.”  
“IOException:URL is not a JPEG image.”

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pelco-with-ip-camera-viewer/5391/4 "2012-11-08T17:54:18Z")

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Is your IP camera using JPEG or MJPEG? Those are the only two protocols that the component supports. Here’s some more information about the IP camera component:

[inductiveautomation.com/support/ … viewer.htm](http://inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/display_pmiipcamviewer.htm)

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**Author:** ![ecujak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pelco-with-ip-camera-viewer/5391/5 "2012-11-08T18:00:27Z")

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[10.?.?.?/jpeg](http://10.?.?.?/jpeg)

so simple. Thanks for your help. I can’t get the H264 stream to work but the jpeg works now.

I got the idea from here:

[ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Pelco](http://www.ispyconnect.com/man.aspx?n=Pelco)

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pelco-with-ip-camera-viewer/5391/6 "2012-11-08T18:09:05Z")

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Yeah, H264 isn’t supported by the component. Glad you got it working.