ONVIF ? Does it really help me?

ServiceXp

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Are there any advantages to buying camera's listed as ONVIF Compliant, if so what are those advantages?
 

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Sometimes it is easier to set them up, because you can use a tool like ONVIF Device Manager to find the video stream URL and change some camera settings. And some surveillance software can streamline the camera-adding process if the camera supports the necessary parts of the ONVIF spec.

But if you are clever enough to find the video URL by other means, then you don't really need ONVIF support.
 
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