Milestone ONVIF Bridge and the ONVIF standard

The ONVIF standard facilitates information exchange by defining a common protocol. The protocol contains ONVIF profiles, which are collections of specifications for interoperability between ONVIF compliant devices.

Milestone ONVIF Bridge is compliant with the parts of ONVIF Profile G and Profile S that provide access to live and recorded video, and the ability to control pan-tilt-zoom cameras:

• Profile G - Provides support for video recording, storage, search, and retrieval. For more information, see ONVIF Profile G Specification (https://www.onvif.org/profiles/profile-g/)
• Profile S - Provides support for streaming live video using the H.264 codec, audio streaming, and pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) controls. For more information, see ONVIF Profile S Specification (https://www.onvif.org/profiles/profile-s/)

For more information about the ONVIF standard, see the ONVIF^® website (https://www.onvif.org/).

ONVIF Profiles support “get” functions that retrieve data, and “set” functions that configure settings. Each function is either mandatory, conditional, or optional. For security reasons, Milestone ONVIF Bridge supports only the mandatory, conditional, and optional “get” functions that do the following:

• Request video
• Authenticate users
• Stream video
• Play recorded video