Axis M7016

[beppuz]

I got 2 pieces and made them work using this source configuration:
- Remote protocol: HTTP
- Remote method: Simple
- Remote hostname: user:password@axis_ip
- Remote port: 80
- Remote URL: /axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=[one of 1, 2, 3, 4]
- Resolution: 704 x 576

I had an hard time figuring out how to configure each M7016: it comes with 16 BNC sockets and I thought they were to configure on the same interface (since there is only one network socket on the device). They are instead 4 groups made of 4 sockets each. Each group is to configure reaching its own IP address.
I bought used devices, so I had to reset each one to factory defaults and, guess what, each group has its own reset button

My 2 cents

[makers_mark]

That's cool, and thanks for posting! I looked up the datasheet for that (it's basically a router with video encoders) and I think they break out the groups into four for what they called "quad view". All D1 resolution up to the quad view. I don't know how many cameras you have on the BNC end, is it more than four, or all one group? There may be a different URL that links to the quad view for each group, I don't know and am just saying (it's not practical as a monitor in certain applications and others it may be). Very Cool!

Edit:
Reading more into that, can you try 'camera=quad' in the url just for s's and g's?
Also, does ffmpeg not work as far as the source type??

Edit 2:
Like this ffmpeg source setup:

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rtsp://user:password:554@axis_ip/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=1

Or quad:

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rtsp://user:password:554@axis_ip/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=quad

Set the resolution to 1536x1152 too, maybe.

[beppuz]

It's basically an enclosure of 4 encoders, 4 cameras each.
Each encoder/group has its own ip address.

I confirm it is working as FFMPEG source, with this url:
http://[user]:[pass]@[ip]/mjpg/[#]/video.mjpg

where # is one of:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- quad

The "quad" channel streams a composite of the four cameras.

[burger]

It being a combination of 4 encoders and the paths would like up with the Axis encoders I've used before: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Axis#AXIS_M7014 It sounds like they just packaged 4 of the 7014's into the 7016. Is it only one ethernet port though? That would be funny to have 4 ip addresses on one port.

Of course, it's always better to use the RTSP paths when possible. I didn't know about the quad path (or if I did, I forgot it).

[beppuz]

Is it only one ethernet port though? That would be funny to have 4 ip addresses on one port.

Yes, only one NIC whith 4 (MAC _and_ IP) addresses.
Multiple addresses on the same hw port is no surprise in linux (and even Windows).

[beppuz]

URL for rtsp video stream:

rtsp://[user]:[pass]@[IP]/axis-media/media.amp?camera=[camera#]

credits to @iconnor